Stephen Wilcox
By: Haylee Seville

Stephen Wilcox
Description: Stephen Wilcox
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Have You Ever Been To Rhode Island? If You Have You May, Or May Not Have heard Of Stephen Wilcox. Stephen Wilcox Was Born In Westerly, Rhode Island, On February Twelfth, 1830. This Great Man Was An Inventor Who Led A Great Life, He Lived For 63 Years, To Figure Out When He Died You Must Add 63 Years To 1830, So Do The Math! You Should Have Gotten 1893, So The Year He Died Was 1893.


Stephen Wilcox Started Inventing At A Young Age, And Soon Turned His Attention To Steam Boilers,


He Worked With George Babcock To Invent The Water Tube Steam Boiler, This Boiler Allowed A safe And Much More Efficient Way To Produce Steam.

In 1856, The Two Created A Safety Water Tube Boiler With Inclined Tubes. And About 10 Years Later the two men established a partnership which later became the Babcock & Wilcox Company.

Today Stephen Wilcox, And George Babcock's Great New Invention Is Used To Power U.S Navy And Merchant Marine Ships. These Men's Boilers soon paved the way for the development of high pressure, high temperature power plants for electricity production.



Then In The 27th Of November He Died.
Links:
   Bullet  Where I Got Most Of My Information
   Bullet  More Information On Stephen And George
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