Did you know that the pressure cooker is actually the ancestor of the autoclave? Invented in 1679 by Denis Papin, it wasn't until 1879 that Charles Chamberland, a French microbiologist, created a variant of the pressure cooker to be used in medical applications. Now there are good news and bad news; Bad news being that we, at Boston Lab Equipment, sadly don't have any pressure cookers for sale. But if it's an autoclave you're looking for, we got you covered!