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[[File:1978 Bosch-Mikrowelle MG 52 BSH Konzernarchiv E01-0226.jpg|thumb|Bosch's microwave MG 52 from 1978. (Source: BSH Corporate Archives)]] | |||
U.S. engineer Percy L. Spencer (1894–1970) discovered by chance while constructing radar systems that a chocolate bar in his pocket had melted.<ref>http://www.spiegel.de/einestages/mikrowelle-percy-spencers-zufalls-entdeckung-im-us-militaer-labor-a-1013720.html (last downloaded on 9.11.2016).</ref> His presumption was that the microwave radiation from the magnetron was an important component of the radar. He decided to use corn next to test his theory and watched as it turned to popcorn following exposure to the radar. He patented the invention in the U.S. in 1950.<ref>https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2495429&KC=&FT=E&locale=en_EP# (last downloaded on 9.11.2016).</ref> | U.S. engineer Percy L. Spencer (1894–1970) discovered by chance while constructing radar systems that a chocolate bar in his pocket had melted.<ref>http://www.spiegel.de/einestages/mikrowelle-percy-spencers-zufalls-entdeckung-im-us-militaer-labor-a-1013720.html (last downloaded on 9.11.2016).</ref> His presumption was that the microwave radiation from the magnetron was an important component of the radar. He decided to use corn next to test his theory and watched as it turned to popcorn following exposure to the radar. He patented the invention in the U.S. in 1950.<ref>https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2495429&KC=&FT=E&locale=en_EP# (last downloaded on 9.11.2016).</ref> | ||