Directory of Babcock, Stephen Moulton Resources

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Sites related to Stephen Moulton Babcock. Dr. Babcock, who died in 1931, was a professor of agricultural chemistry at the University of Wisconsin. He is most famous for the "Babcock test," a way to measure how much fat is in milk. The Babcock test was made public in 1890. A few years later, Professor Babcock studied the effects of different kinds of feed for dairy cattle. This led to the discovery of vitamin A.

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• A Fortune Given Away

  http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/WER0659-1.html
  Tells the story of the Babcock test, and describes what Dr. Babcock's personality was like. Illustrated with historical photographs.

• Dr. Stephen Babcock and the Original Butterfat Tester

  http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/sceti/smith/PortraitList.cfm?ScientistID=25&visited=smithScientist
  Photograph of the biochemist with his invention.

• Stephen Moulton Babcock

  http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/366.html
  Biographical profile of the chemist for whom the Babcock test is named.

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