History of Microwaves

As World War II came to an end, so did the market for the magnetron tubes that had been used to generate microwaves for short-range military radar. Magnetron makers like Raytheon eagerly sought new applications for the technology.
It was well known that radio waves would heat dielectric materials, and the use of dielectric heating in industrial and medical contexts was fairly common.
Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer took it further and decided to heat food using microwaves.
That's how the microwave came to be.

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