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Percy Spencer

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American physicist, electrical engineer and inventor of the microwave oven; generally credited with developing and patenting the world's first commercial microwave oven, the Raytheon Radarange, first sold in 1947. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1894 1
Birth Date
1894-07-19 1
Death Year
1970 1
Death Date
1970-09-08 1
Nationality
American 1
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Invented the microwave oven after observing microwave radiations heating effect.

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Source Microwave Oven (Wikipedia)
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Percy LaBaron Spencer (July 19, 1894 - September 8, 1970) was an American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor of the microwave oven.
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Microwave Oven (Wikipedia)
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American electrical engineer Percy Spencer is generally credited with developing and patenting the world's first commercial microwave oven, the Raytheon Radarange, which was first sold in 1947.
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What did Percy Spencer invent, and when did it first go on sale?

He is credited with the first commercial microwave oven, the Raytheon Radarange, first sold in 1947.

Percy Spencer, an American physicist and electrical engineer, is generally credited with developing and patenting the world's first commercial microwave oven, the Raytheon Radarange. It was first sold in 1947.
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