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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
Percy Spencer, an engineer working for American defense contractor Raytheon, accidently discovered a new use for radar technology in the mid-1940s. ... Spencer built the first microwave oven ...
American electrical engineer Percy Spencer is generally credited with developing and patenting the world's first commercial microwave oven post World War II from British radar technology developed before and during the war. Named the "RadaRange", it was first sold in 1947.
In 1947, just a year after Spencer’s snack food serendipity, the first commercial microwave oven hit the market. Called the “Radarange,” it weighed nearly 750 pounds and cost more than $2,000 .
15. Microwave oven. Who: Percy Spencer, Raytheon Corp. engineer. When: 1945. How it was created: A self-taught engineer, Percy Spencer, was working on a radar project for the defense giant ...
In 1945 Percy Spencer, an engineer working on radar at Raytheon, noticed that microwave radiation from a magnetron oscillator melted a candy bar in his pocket. He investigated cooking with microwaves and invented the microwave oven , consisting of a magnetron feeding microwaves into a closed metal cavity containing food, which was patented by ...
The microwave oven. Raytheon scientist Percy Spencer first patented the idea behind it after noticing that emissions from radar equipment had melted the candy in his pocket. [16] The Velcro hook-and-loop fastener.
The company's first product was a gaseous ... Raytheon's Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven by discovering that the magnetron could rapidly heat food. In 1947 ...