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When Was The Microwave Invented?

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    The microwave oven was invented in 1946 by an engineer Percy Spencer but the invention in itself was accidental involving chance, coincidence and imagination. Percy Spenser who was working in the Raytheon Corporation on a project related to radars happened to stand near a magnetron, a device that emits microwave radiations, with a bar of chocolate in his pocket and noticed after some time that it had melted. Further experiments with popcorns and eggs confirmed his suspicions that the microwave radiations emitted by the magnetron were somehow able to raise the temperature of the food placed near it and hence as a result could be used effectively for cooking purposes.

    After initial experiments a microwave was built at Raytheon, but it was at first used only for defrosting purposes and also was quite large in size. Later in 1967 Amana, a division of Raytheon introduced the domestic microwave oven in the market which slowly but surely became popular as its price decreased mainly due to its unmatched speed of cooking. This was the first prototype of the modern day microwave oven eventually becoming one of the most common of all kitchen appliances and changing food habits on a revolutionary level.
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    Mahendra  

    answered 4 years ago

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    History01

    commented 7 months ago

      The microwave was invented in 1946.
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      answered 4 years ago

        In 1946
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        David_chap  

        answered 7 months ago

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          answered 6 months ago

          It was invented on the cold war, the people used it to communicate with them
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          1967 but where
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            answered 4 months ago

            1945, Percy Spencer, an engineer working for Raytheon
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            answered 3 months ago

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