George Herman Babcock (June 17, 1832 – December 16, 1893) was an American inventor. He co-invented an improved safety water tube steam boiler. Together with Stephen Wilcox he founded the Babcock & Wilcox boiler company.
George H. Babcock is famous for improving a water tube steam boiler which provided a safer and more efficient production of steam, next to his co-inventor Stephen Wilcox . Their water tube boiler was built so that it could work pe...
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Date of birth:
- Jun 17, 1832
Date of death:
- Dec 16, 1893 (age 61 years)
