Percy Spencer

Percy Spencer

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Percy Spencer was an American engineer and inventor best known for inventing the microwave oven. While working for Raytheon in the 1940s, he discovered the heating properties of microwaves inadvertently when a chocolate bar melted in his pocket, leading to the commercial development of the microwave oven.

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Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven after discovering that radar waves could heat food.

Von Drohne bis Mikrowelle: Militärische Erfindungen im Alltag
Neue Zürcher Zeitung·SwitzerlandSwitzerland· 2025-04-02
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