print email comment close "The Greatest Discovery Since Fire" URL: http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2005/4/2005_4_48.shtml Description: "Many of us have heard how a Raytheon engineer walked past a microwave tube one day, noticed that a candy bar in his pocket had melted, and was struck with the idea of using microwaves to cook food." This article discusses the "years, even decades, of engineering and marketing" to make the microwave oven work. From the American Heritage of Invention & Technology magazine. Author: Hammack, William Publisher: American Heritage Inc. Extra Keywords Percy Spencer Library of Congress Subject Headings: Microwave ovens Microwave ovens -- History LII Database Information: Record 19392 created by Maria Brandt on 10/18/2005 Last modification on 04/05/2006 Published: 10/20/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19392