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  2. Tabitha Babbitt - Wikipedia

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    Seth Babbitt (father) Elizabeth Babbitt (mother) Sarah "Tabitha" Babbitt (December 9, 1779 - 10 December 1853) was a Shaker credited as a tool maker and inventor. Inventions attributed to her by the Shakers include the circular saw, the spinning wheel head, and false teeth. She became a member of the Harvard Shaker community in 1793.

  3. Circular saw - Wikipedia

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    Tractor-driven circular saw. A circular saw or a buzz saw, is a power- saw using a toothed or abrasive disc or blade to cut different materials using a rotary motion spinning around an arbor. A hole saw and ring saw also use a rotary motion but are different from a circular saw. Circular saws may also be loosely used for the blade itself.

  4. Tabitha - Wikipedia

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    Tabitha (/ ˈ t æ b ɪ θ ə /) is an English feminine given name, originating with (or made popular through) Tabitha, mentioned in the New Testament Acts 9:36. In the Bible [ edit ] Tabitha, or Dorcas , the Greek equivalent of the name, is a woman mentioned in the New Testament .

  5. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    Tabitha Babbitt is credited with inventing the first circular saw used in a saw mill in 1813. 1815 Dental floss. Dental floss is either a bundle of thin nylon filaments or a plastic ribbon used to remove food and dental plaque from teeth. Levi Spear Parmly, a dentist from New Orleans, is credited with inventing the first form of dental floss.

  6. Tabitha (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Tabitha. (TV series) Tabitha is an American fantasy sitcom and a spin-off of Bewitched that aired on ABC from September 10, 1977, to January 14, 1978. The series starred Lisa Hartman in the title role as Tabitha Stephens, the witch daughter of Samantha and Darrin Stephens who was introduced on Bewitched during its second season. In the series ...

  7. Talk:Circular saw - Wikipedia

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    In 1813, Shaker-Sister, Tabitha Babbitt (1784-1854) invented the first circular saw used in a saw mill. Babbitt was working in the spinning house at the Harvard Shaker community in Massachusetts, when she decided to invent an improvement to the two-man pit saws that were being used for lumber production.

  8. Edmond Michel - Wikipedia

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    Edmond Michel. Edmond Michel was a Frenchman who immigrated to the United States in the early 20th century. He lived in New Orleans. His claim to fame was the invention of the handheld circular saw. [1] ^ Tabatha Babbitt is credited with inventing the first circular saw for use in a saw mill in 1813. See Tabitha Babbitt. Watching sugar farmers ...

  9. List of female scientists before the 20th century - Wikipedia

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    Geneviève Charlotte d'Arconville (1720–1805), French anatomist. Madeleine-Françoise Calais (circa 1713 - fl. 1740) French dentist. Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (1751–1827), German astronomer. Maria Angela Ardinghelli (1728–1825), Italian mathematician and physicist.