tube design expert, was working for Raytheon helped the company win a huge government contract to develop and produce combat radar equipment. It was 1939 so this project was of huge importance and was placed as number two on the militaries priority project list during
WWII. While Spencer Percy was working on building magnetrons for radar sets, he noticed the candy bar in his pocket started to melt. He saw he was standing in front of an active radar, so he and other workers tried to heat other types of food to see if a similar effect would be observed.
It was in fact what could be observed, popcorn kernels were intentionally heated up and went on to become the world's first microwave popcorn. Soon after, Spencer attached a high density …show more content…
Overall a microwave is a really simple device, it uses microwaves set at
2,500 megahertz to heat food. The water, fat or sugar that is placed in the microwave absorbs the microwaves and is then heated. Food is able to be cooked evenly and quickly since the microwaves are able to penetrate food so fast. Nowadays it would be difficult to find a house that does not actually have one somewhere in it. The list of so called accidental discoveries that have been key to the history of science would definitely not be complete without the next one, probably the most famous one of all time.
Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming was serving as the Professor of Bacteriology at the
St. Mary's Hospital in London in 1928. He had just returned from the holidays when he immediately noticed something unusual as he sorted through his petri dishes that contained
Staphylococcus. One dish had a blob of mold growing in one area. Fleming then found out that the mold was capable of killing certain types of harmful bacteria, proving that there was an antibacterial agent in there. He then assigned his assistants with the daunting of actually …show more content…
It is known to be a broad spectrum antibiotic, which means it is capable of killing many different kinds of bacteria, so it is a very valuable drug. Penicillin has helped to save the lives of many people by treating infections who would have otherwise died. I could probably go on and on and continue to discuss many accidental discoveries. The ones I did talk about were the ones that I felt had the greatest impact in helping to shape the history of science. So many great discoveries that one would think that is what the inventor set out to do. But, when in actuality lots of discoveries and inventions that many people today take for granted were just the result of careless scientists making a simple mistake. Somewhere between 33%-50% of all scientific discoveries are accidental. Saccharin, Play-Doh, Super Glue,
Teflon and Velcro were also considered to be accidental discoveries that have played an important role in everyone's life at one time or another. As previously mentioned, many accidental discoveries led to another discovery of some sort. Just imagine if penicillin was never discovered. People would possibly be struggling to survive, fighting one of
WWII. While Spencer Percy was working on building magnetrons for radar sets, he noticed the candy bar in his pocket started to melt. He saw he was standing in front of an active radar, so he and other workers tried to heat other types of food to see if a similar effect would be observed.
It was in fact what could be observed, popcorn kernels were intentionally heated up and went on to become the world's first microwave popcorn. Soon after, Spencer attached a high density …show more content…
Overall a microwave is a really simple device, it uses microwaves set at
2,500 megahertz to heat food. The water, fat or sugar that is placed in the microwave absorbs the microwaves and is then heated. Food is able to be cooked evenly and quickly since the microwaves are able to penetrate food so fast. Nowadays it would be difficult to find a house that does not actually have one somewhere in it. The list of so called accidental discoveries that have been key to the history of science would definitely not be complete without the next one, probably the most famous one of all time.
Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming was serving as the Professor of Bacteriology at the
St. Mary's Hospital in London in 1928. He had just returned from the holidays when he immediately noticed something unusual as he sorted through his petri dishes that contained
Staphylococcus. One dish had a blob of mold growing in one area. Fleming then found out that the mold was capable of killing certain types of harmful bacteria, proving that there was an antibacterial agent in there. He then assigned his assistants with the daunting of actually …show more content…
It is known to be a broad spectrum antibiotic, which means it is capable of killing many different kinds of bacteria, so it is a very valuable drug. Penicillin has helped to save the lives of many people by treating infections who would have otherwise died. I could probably go on and on and continue to discuss many accidental discoveries. The ones I did talk about were the ones that I felt had the greatest impact in helping to shape the history of science. So many great discoveries that one would think that is what the inventor set out to do. But, when in actuality lots of discoveries and inventions that many people today take for granted were just the result of careless scientists making a simple mistake. Somewhere between 33%-50% of all scientific discoveries are accidental. Saccharin, Play-Doh, Super Glue,
Teflon and Velcro were also considered to be accidental discoveries that have played an important role in everyone's life at one time or another. As previously mentioned, many accidental discoveries led to another discovery of some sort. Just imagine if penicillin was never discovered. People would possibly be struggling to survive, fighting one of