* INAUGURATION OF THE STATUE OF DENIS PAPIN.

Mr. Lanssedat opened the proceedings by an address in which he paid homage to the scientists who were persecuted while living, to Denis Papin, who did for mechanics what Nicolas le Blanc did for chemistry, and to those men whose entire life was devoted to the triumph of the cause of science.

Speeches were afterward made by Mr. Feray d'Essonnes, president of the Syndical Chamber of Conductors, Enginemen, and Stokers, and by Prof. Comberousse, of the Central School, who broadly outlined the life of Papin.

DENIS PAPIN BORN IN 1647, DIED ABOUT 1714, INVENTED THE STEAM ENGINE IN 1690 NATIONAL SUBSCRIPTION, 1886.

Denis Papin was born at Blois on the 22d of August, 1647.

" In 1704, Papin, poor and obliged to do everything for himself, finished his first steamboat; but for want of money he was unable to make a trial of it until August 15, 1707.

The operation succeeded wonderfully, and, shortly afterward, Papin, being desirous of rendering the experiment complete, put his boat on the Weser; but the stupid boatmen of this river drew his craft ashore and broke it and its engine in pieces.

This catastrophe ruined Papin, and annihilated all his hopes.

Everything that public sentiment cares about is put into a Papin's digester, and boiled under high pressure till all is turned into one homogeneous pulp, and the very bones give up their jelly.

BORDEN, LUCILLE PAPIN.

Lucille Papin Borden (A); 6May59; R236190. BORTON, ELIZABETH.

KNAPP, CORINNE PRATHER, executor of the Estate of Lucille Papin Borden.

SEE Borden, Lucille Papin, Estate of.

SEE Borden, Lucille Papin.

SEE CLIFFORD, HAROLD B. BORDEN, LUCILLE PAPIN.

Julia Papin Gooding (NK); 2Jun72; R530205.

GOODING, JULIA PAPIN.

SEE BORDEN, LUCILLE PAPIN.

By Maurice Denis-Papin & Arnold Kaufmann.

Maurice Denis-Papin & Arnold Kaufmann (A); 22Feb77; R654741. R654742.

SEE Borden, Lucille Papin.

GOODING, JULIA PAPIN.

SEE BORDEN, LUCILLE PAPIN.

By Maurice Denis-Papin & Arnold Kaufmann.

Maurice Denis-Papin & Arnold Kaufmann (A); 22Feb77; R654741. R654742.