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George Herman Babcock (June 17 1832 – December 16 1893) was an American inventor. He and Stephen Wilcox co-invented a safer water tube steam boiler and founded the Babcock & Wilcox boiler company.Babcock’s water tube steam boiler provided a safer and more efficient production of steam and was built to work better under higher pressures than earlier boilers.

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birth date
1832-06-17
birth place
Unadilla Forks New York, New York
death date
1893-12-16

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