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Percy Spencer (July 19, 1894 – September 8, 1970) was an American physicist, electrical engineer and inventor who became known as the inventor of the microwave oven. [ 1 ] Early life
The true story is that it was invented utterly by accident one fateful day more than 70 years ago, when a Raytheon engineer named Percy Spencer was testing a military-grade magnetron and suddenly ...
In 1946, the engineer Dr. Percy LeBaron Spencer, who worked for the Raytheon Corporation, was working on magnetrons. One day at work, he had a candy bar in his pocket, and found that it had melted. He realized that the microwaves he was working with had caused it to melt.
Percy LeBaron Spencer (1894–1970) is an American inventor known for inventing the microwave oven; Richard LeBaron, United States Ambassador to Kuwait (2004–2007) Vincent Le Baron (born 1989), French footballer; William LeBaron, (1883–1958) American film producer; William Le Baron Jenney (1832–1907), American architect and engineer
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This is a list of notable George Washington University faculty, including both current and past faculty at the Washington, D.C. school, as well as university officials. As of 2007, George Washington University employs approximately 1,130 full-time, in addition to part-time, faculty members across its three campuses. [2]
Built for the Reverend Dr. Harwood Huntington, later bought by John D Rockefeller in 1918, who died in the house in 1937. Was owned by the city of Ormond Beach and used as a cultural center and park [25] more images: Villa Vizcaya: 1914: Mediterranean Revival and Baroque: F. Burrall Hoffman Paul Chalfin (designer)
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