George Babcock
George Herman Babcock (born June 17, 1832 in Unadilla Forks , New York , † December 16, 1893 ) is together with Stephen Wilcox the inventor of the water tube boiler .
Common US patent 65,042 has been evaluated by Babcock & Wilcox Company. On June 16, 1997, both were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame .
Babcock came from a family of inventors and mechanics. He attended evening classes at the Copper Institute in Brooklyn in 1860 . During the Civil War he built ships for the Union government at the Mystic Iron Works. Then he became chief designer of the Hope Iron Works in Providence , RI, where he met Stephen Wilcox and developed the water-tube boiler with him.
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| SURNAME | Babcock, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Babcock, George Herman (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American inventor of the water tube boiler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Unadilla Forks (New York) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1893 |