This invention resulted in the commercialization of large-scale utility generating stations. Preface Dear Reader: The founders of our company, George Babcock and Stephen Wilcox, invented the safety water tube boiler. It has always been, and continues to be, written and published by The Babcock & Wilcox Company, the Original, headquartered in Barberton, Ohio, and incorporated in Delaware, The United States of America. Steam, Edition: 41 Steam/its generation and use is the longest continuously published engineering text of its kind in the world. The editors welcome any technical comments, notes on inaccuracies, or thoughts on important omissions.

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