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| Babcock (crater) |
Babcock is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It lies on the northeastern edge of Mare Smythii, to the southeast of Mare Marginis. To the south of Babcock is the Purkynĕ crater, and to the east-northeast lies the Erro crater. Babcock is located in a region of the Moon's surface that is occasionally brought into view during favorable librations, although it is seen from the edge and so little detail can be discerned from an observer on the Earth. (references) |
| Babcock and Wilcox |
Babcock and Wilcox is a power generation and equipment design company. Currently, Babcock and Wilcox is a major supplier of steam generators for nuclear power plants around the world. In the past, the firm also designed, built, and supplied nuclear reactor cores for several major US nuclear plants, including the ill fated Three Mile Island Unit Two. (references) |
| Babcock Lakes |
The Babcock Lakes were a series of water ponds near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., before the area became the National Mall. The lakes played a key role in introducing carp into the United States. (references) |
| Babcock Model |
The Babcock Model describes a mechanism which can explain magnetic and sunspot patterns observed on the Sun. (references) |
| Babcock test |
The Babcock test is the first inexpensive and practical test factories could use to determine the fat content of milk. (references) |
| Babcock University |
Babcock University is a Seventh Day Adventist university in Nigeria. The university is located between Ibadan and Lagos. The institution was named after American missionary David C. Babcock. Babcock University was established in 1959 as Adventist College of West Africa (ACWA). The university was officially chartered on April 20, 1999. (references) |
| Barbara Babcock |
Barbara Babcock (born February 27, 1937 in Pasadena, California) is an American actress. (references) |
| Courtney Babcock |
Courtney Babcock (born June 30, 1972) is a Canadian runner. Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario Babcock now trains in the United States. Her father was a hockey player who was drafted by the Montreal Canadians. In high school she was more interested in swimming and basketball, but moved to running in her final year. Today a full time athlete she attended the University of Michigan where she competed successfully in the NCAA. At school she studied communication and broadcasting and hopes to move into that field upon retirement from running. Today she trains in Missoula, Montana. A middle-distance runner she holds the Canadian women's 5,000 and 10,000 meter records both set during the 2003 season. 2004 has been a more difficult year due to injury problems and a bout of bronchitis. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she failed to pass the qualifying round in the 5,000 meter race with a time well off her personal best. In the 1500 meter she also failed to advance finishing 26th; only the top twenty-four moved on. (references) |
| Edward V. Babcock |
Edward V. Babcock (January 31 , 1864 -September 2 , 1948 ), served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1918 to 1922 . (references) |
| George Babcock |
George Herman Babcock (June 17, 1832 - December 16, 1893) was an American inventor. He co-invented an improved safety water tube steam boiler. (references) |
| Harold D. Babcock |
Harold Delos Babcock (January 24 1882 - April 8 1968) was an American astronomer, and the father of Horace W. Babcock. Educated at the University of California, Berkeley, he worked at the Mount Wilson Observatory from 1907 until 1948. He specialized in solar spectroscopy and mapped the distribution of magnetic fields over the Sun's surface. With his son he revealed the existence of strong magnetic fields in certain stars. In 1953 he won the Bruce Medal. (references) |
| Harriet Babcock |
Harriet Babcock (January 7, 1877 - December 17, 1952) was a U.S. psychologist. (references) |
| Horace W. Babcock |
Horace Welcome Babcock (September 13 1912 - August 29 2003) was an American astronomer. He was the son of Harold D. Babcock. (references) |
| Iris Babcock |
Sergeant-Major Iris Babcock is a fictional character in the Honorverse. (references) |
| Mike Babcock |
Mike Babcock (born April 29, 1963 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian hockey head coach and former player. From 2002 to 2005 he was the head coach of the NHL's Anaheim Mighty Ducks, leading the Ducks to their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals in 2003, where they lost to the New Jersey Devils in seven games. In July 2005, he rejected a one-year extension offer to stay with the Ducks. On July 15, Babcock became the head coach for the Detroit Red Wings, replacing Dave Lewis. (references) |
| Orville E. Babcock |
Orville Elias Babcock (December 25, 1835 - June 2, 1884) was an American Civil War general. Born in Franklin, Vermont, Babcock graduated third in a class of forty-five from West Point in 1861. During the Civil War, he served as Nathaniel P. Banks' aid-de-camp until August 1861. He then was assigned to help construct the defenses around Washington D.C.. On November 17, 1861, he was promoted to First Lieutenant and assigned to the Left Grand Division as the Chief Engineer. Babcock was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on January 1, 1863 and was named the Assistant Inspector General of the VI Corps until February 6, when he was named the Assistant Inspector General and Chief Engineer of the IX Corps. He fought with the IX Corps at the Battle of Vicksburg and the Battle of Blue Springs, and the Battle of Campbell's Station. (references) |
| Philip Babcock Gove |
Philip Babcock Gove (1902-1972) was an American lexicographer who was editor-in-chief of the controversial Webster's Third New International Dictionary, published in 1961. (references) |
| Stephen Moulton Babcock |
Stephen Moulton Babcock (1843 - 1931) was a U.S. agricultural chemist. He was the discoverer and eponym of the Babcock test which determines the butterfat content of milk. He invented it in 1890. (references) |
| Tim M. Babcock |
Tim. M. Babcock (born October 27, 1919, in Littlefork, Minnesota) was an American politician. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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