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  2. Tabitha Babbitt - Wikipedia

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    The circular saw was connected to a water-powered machine to reduce the effort to cut lumber. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The first circular saw she allegedly made is in Albany , New York . [ 6 ] In the summer of 1948, a version of Babbitt's saw, built to her specifications, was on display at a Shaker exhibit at Fenimore House in Cooperstown, N. Y., as a loan ...

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

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    1813 Circular saw. The circular saw is a metal disc or blade with saw teeth on the edge as well as the machine that causes the disk to spin. It may cut wood or other materials and may be hand-held or table-mounted. Tabitha Babbitt is credited with inventing the first circular saw used in a saw mill in 1813. [25] [56] 1815 Dental floss

  4. Edmond Michel - Wikipedia

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    In the notch, he mounted the same mechanism as the mechanical reaper, but with a 6-inch blade. This was the first electric circular saw. [4] Patent drawing for the first Michel Electric Hand Saw, in 1924. After a New Orleans newspaper ran an article about Michel's invention, he was approached by Joseph W. Sullivan.

  5. 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.

  6. Eastside Historic Cemetery District - Wikipedia

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    It was originally named Champlain Street Cemetery of Temple Beth El because Lafayette was formerly known as Champlain Street. [18] With an area of 0.5 acres (2,000 m 2 ), this cemetery is by far the smallest of the three in the district; [ 18 ] it is located at the southeast corner of Elmwood Cemetery, on Layfayette.

  7. Washington Boulevard Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Stands at the site of "219 Michigan Avenue", one of Detroit's first high-rise skyscrapers. 305 Michigan Avenue Gabriel Richard Building: offices 1915 Chicago school: 10 Offices for the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit Michigan Avenue: 1114 Washington Boulevard Westin Book Cadillac Hotel: Hotel 1928 Neo-Renaissance: 29 Reopened in October 2008 ...

  8. West Village, Detroit - Wikipedia

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    West Village is a primarily residential neighborhood containing 275 single and two-family houses, thirty apartment buildings, and about twenty commercial structures spread over 20 square blocks. [3] The neighborhood is platted in an irregular grid, and includes a number of service alleys and short, narrow cross streets. [ 3 ]

  9. Murder of Tara Lynn Grant - Wikipedia

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    Grant later dismembered her body at his father's tool and die shop, USG Babbitt. [8] [9] He took the remains to nearby Stony Creek Metro Park in Shelby Township and disposed of body parts there. But after learning the police planned to search the park, Grant recovered the torso of his wife, and hid these remains in black plastic garbage bags in ...