Magnetrons, mm-Wave, Diathermy and Oncology

The Microwave oven was an accidental invention. Percy Spencer, an American Engineer developing Magnetrons for short-wavelength Radar transmitters at Raytheron, noticed that microwave radiation from a Radar set he was experimenting on, started to melt the peanut-cluster bar in his pocket. Further experimentation by Percy Spencer in containing the microwave radiation in a closed metal…
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