Recognize the mothers of invention
?Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother.? ?Susan B. Anthony
In 1812, T. Babbitt, a sawmill worker, observed a couple of fellow laborers manufacturing lumber with the then standard two-man pit saw. Noticing that half of their energy was being wasted in the process, Babbitt designed and created the first circular saw ever used in a sawmill.