[DOC] [TLE] The Microwave Oven Was Invented by Accident by a Man Who was ... [PAR] Aug 24, 2011 ... The man was Percy Spencer. ... Spencer subsequently left grammar school and, 
at the age of 12, began ... formal training in electrical engineering nor even 
finishing grammar school. ... set when he noticed the candy bar he had in his 
pocket melted. .... At its core, a microwave oven is a pretty simple device. [DOC] [TLE] Percy Spencer - Wikipedia [PAR] One day while building magnetrons, Spencer was standing in front of an active 
radar set when he noticed the candy bar he had in his pocket had melted. [DOC] [TLE] Microwave Oven - Southwest Museum Of Engineering ... [PAR] Percy Spencer, while working for the Raytheon Company, discovered a more ... 
In 1945, Spencer created a device to cook food using microwave radiation. ... 
magnetron), when he discovered that the candy bar in his pocket had melted. ... 
Engineers went to work on Spencer's hot new idea, developing and refining it for
... [DOC] [TLE] How the microwave was invented by a radar engineer [PAR] Jul 3, 2015 ... Today, Percy Spencer's invention and research into microwave ... off point for 
further research in radar and magnetron technologies. ... But none of this would 
be possible if Spencer hadn't first realized the melting candy bar in his pocket all 
... Two years later, Raytheon launched the RadaRange as the first... [DOC] [TLE] From aMelted Candy Bar to Microwaves [PAR] Osius's idea represented a real innovation that was protected by law. The courts 
... Shortly after World War IT, Percy L. Spencer, electronic genius and war ... 
pocket had begun to melt. MEUS IN ... But first the device needed a better name. 
... Raytheon engineers shrink the size of the magnetron. ... And that's what 
happened. [DOC] [TLE] 10 Products Discovered By Accident (accidents, discovery) - ODDEE [PAR] Aug 30, 2011 ... In 1945, an engineer working for Raytheon discovered that a candy bar in his 
pocket melted while he was working with a magnetron device ... Realizing that 
the radiation was cooking his candy, inventor Percy Spencer developed the ... "A 
soap maker at the Procter and Gamble company had no idea a new... [DOC] [TLE] The Greatest Discover Since Fire - Today In Science History [PAR] Many of us have heard how a Raytheon engineer walked past a microwave tube 
... a candy bar in his pocket had melted, and was struck with the idea of using ... 
including wartime, had depended heavily on Percy Spencer's engineering skill. ... 
But the oven would have to be much more foolproof than any military device if it... [DOC] [TLE] Microwaves101 | History of the Microwave Oven [PAR] Perhaps the engineer who is best known for birthing the idea of using 
microwaves to prepare food was Percy Spencer, of the Raytheon Company, 
located in ... Anyone who worked around the magnetron burn-in stand knew that "
soft" objects ... food; legend has it that a candy bar melted in his pocket from stray 
radiation. [DOC] [TLE] 10 Accidental Inventions and the Funny Stories Behind Them ... [PAR] Inventor: Percy Spencer Year: 1946 What Happened: With the end of World War 
II, the Raytheon engineer was looking for other uses for the magnetron, which ... 
While Spencer was standing next to the device one day, a chocolate bar in his ... 
easier to transport, with the idea of adding water to reconstitute it when he arrived
. [DOC] [TLE] Google+ [PAR] Created when Percy Spencer discovered the chocolate bar in his pocket melted 
when ... In 1945 Percy Spencer stepped in front of a magnetron, a device that 
powers radars. ... What Happened: With the end of World War II, the Raytheon 
engineer was .... Percy Spencer invented the microwave after a candy bar melted 
in his... [DOC] [TLE] Percy Spencer's Microwave Revolutionizes Fast Cooking - Food ... [PAR] Oct 2, 2013 ... They sought help from Raytheon Co., a U.S. military contractor, and more ... But 
Spencer's idea to apply microwave technology to cooking was more of a 
fortuitous coincidence. ...

Question: The idea for this device occurred when a magnetron melted a candy bar in Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer's pocket
Answer: the microwave