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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1045005" data-attributes="member: 38206">On this day, 27 Oct 1955, The public / consumer microwave oven was introduced in Mansfield, Ohio at the corporate headquarters of&nbsp; the Tappan Company.&nbsp;The manufacturer put a $1,200 price tag on the new stove that could cook eggs in 22 seconds, bacon in 90 seconds.MICROWAVE OVEN. While experimenting with radar during World War II, Percy Spencer of Raytheon Corporation in Waltham, Massachusetts, discovered the heating properties of microwaves.&nbsp;With a candy bar in his pocket, he leaned in front of the microwave tube and the candy bar promptly melted.&nbsp;This event led to the birth of microwave ovens.&nbsp;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 1045005, member: 38206"] [B]On this day, 27 Oct 1955, The public / consumer microwave oven was introduced in Mansfield, Ohio at the corporate headquarters of the Tappan Company. The manufacturer put a $1,200 price tag on the new stove that could cook eggs in 22 seconds, bacon in 90 seconds. [B]MICROWAVE OVEN.[/B] While experimenting with radar during World War II, Percy Spencer of Raytheon Corporation in Waltham, Massachusetts, discovered the heating properties of microwaves. With a candy bar in his pocket, he leaned in front of the microwave tube and the candy bar promptly melted. This event led to the birth of microwave ovens. [/B] [/QUOTE]

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