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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.
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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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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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