Tabitha Babbitt

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Sarah "Tabitha" Babbitt (born December 9, 1779 in Hardwick , Massachusetts , † December 10, 1853 in Harvard , Massachusetts) was an American toolmaker and inventor.

Life

Babbitt is considered to be the inventor of the " false teeth " and a spinning wing for spinning wheels . It is also believed that she is the inventor of the circular saw . Babbitt was a member of the Harvard Shaker community.

Childhood and youth

Babbitt was born in Hardwick to Seth and Elizabeth Babbit. On August 12, 1793, she joined the Shakers of the Harvard Shaker Community in Massachusetts.

Inventor and toolmaker

Babbitt recognized that a round cutting edge is more efficient than other cutting edges, so it is attributed to her having installed a round saw blade in a sawmill in 1813 . The round saw blade was built into a machine powered by water power to reduce the effort involved in sawing wood. When she watched men sawing with blade saws, she noticed that half of the movements were in vain. Your first round saw blade is now in Albany , New York State . She hadn't patented this invention, so others could use it too. The patent was granted three years later by two French people who had read about the invention in a Shaker newspaper.

By joining the Shaker community, M. Stephen Miller concluded that Babbitt was not the actual inventor of the circular saw, but that it was invented by Amos Bishop or Benjamin Bruce , if it was invented by Shakers at all, the same year she joined the Shaker community .

In addition, inventions related to the manufacturing process of false teeth and an improved spinning wing are attributed to her.

It is also unclear whether she invented the manufacture of square nails together with Eli Whitney .

She died at Harvard in 1853 .

Trivia

As a shaker, Babbitt has not patented any of her inventions.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d M. Stephen Miller: Inspired Innovations: A Celebration of Shaker Ingenuity . University Press of New England, 2010, ISBN 978-1-58465-850-4 , pp. 184 ( google.de ).
  2. ↑ Stephen J. Paterwic: Historical Dictionary of the Shakers . Scarecrow Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8108-6255-5 , pp. 104 ( google.de ).
  3. ^ Mary Bellis: The History of Hardware Tools. www.thoughtco.com, October 31, 2017, archived from the original on August 24, 2018 ; accessed on August 24, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Christian Becksvoort: The Shaker Legacy: Perspectives on to Enduring Furniture Style . Taunton Press, 2000, ISBN 978-1-56158-357-7 , pp. 12 ( google.de ).
  5. ^ A b Clara Endicott Sears: Gleanings from Old Shaker Journals . Houghton Mifflin, 1916, p. 275 .
  6. ↑ M. Stephen Miller: Inspired Innovations: A Celebration of Shaker Ingenuity . University Press of New England, 2010, ISBN 978-1-58465-850-4 , pp. 181 ( google.de ).
  7. ↑ Autumn Stanley: Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Invention . Scarecrow Press, Metuchen , New Jersey , London , pp. 259, 472, 500 .
  8. ^ Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 .
personal data
SURNAME Babbitt, Tabitha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Babbitt, Sarah (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American toolmaker and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH Hardwick, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1853
Place of death Harvard (Massachusetts)