Do you know who invented the first powered miter saw or how farmers can provide more water to crops with actually adding more water? Find out in today’s News Fix by MyFixitUpLife.
Did You Know?
The first radial arm saw was invented and patented in 1922 by Raymond DeWalt.
He attached a yoke to a powered saw and mounted it to an arm. Then, it could raise and lower, slide back and forth, and rotate to an angle or tilt to make a bevel.
Four decades later, the power miter saw was invented by Ed Niehaus from Rockwell International. However, he and that company didn’t patent the design.
Planet News
Farmers can provide more water to crops without actually adding more water. Here’s why: Soil that’s rich in carbon acts like a sponge, soaking up and storing water.
With new equations released by the Soil Health Institute, farmers can now better predict how much water their crops can soak up by raising the carbon levels.
The new pedotransfer function equations allow for more precise measuring of the correlation between carbon levels in the soil, water retention, and the type of soil. If you want to dive a little deeper into this, check out the study called: “Carbon-Sensitive Pedotransfer Functions for Plant Available Water.”
