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Which Raytheon engineer discovered the microwave oven's potential after a chocolate bar melted in his pocket near a radar set in 1945?

Answer

Percy Spencer

Percy Spencer was testing a magnetron at Raytheon in 1945 when he noticed a chocolate bar in his pocket had melted, leading him to investigate microwave cooking.

💡 Did you know?

The microwave oven was invented by accident when a Raytheon engineer's chocolate bar melted near a radar magnetron in 1945.

Other options people guess

  • John Randall
  • Robert Watson-Watt
  • Henry Boot

Topics

  • inventors
  • everyday-objects
  • 1940s
  • science

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