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| dsquire:
Another one most of us use By accident after a candy bar melted in a pocket and an egg exploded in a man’s face in 1947, Raytheon demonstrated the world’s first microwave oven and called it a “Radarange,” the winning name in an employee contest. Housed in refrigerator-sized cabinets, the first microwave ovens cost between $2,000 and $3,000. Somewhere during the years of 1952-55, Tappan introduced the first home model priced at $1295. In 1965 Raytheon acquired Amana Refrigeration. By 1975, sales of microwave ovens exceeded that of gas ranges. Cheers :beer: Don PS: For more info http://dirtsecrets.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/chapter-5/ |
| andyf:
Penicillin. Andy |
| philf:
Reputedly, Percy Shaw was driving home to Halifax from his local pub in the dark when he saw the reflection from a cat's eyes. This led to the invention of the 'cat's eye' - a feature of Britain's roads since the 1920s. What is less well known is that he saw the same cat the following day in the daylight but this time the cat was facing away from him. This gave Percy the idea for the pencil sharpener! :D :beer: Phil. |
| awemawson:
--- Quote from: mosey on May 22, 2013, 07:17:00 PM ---I'm sure none of you are familiar with this accidental product...Viagra. Would someone care to describe? --- End quote --- Years ago before I retired and was in charge of a team of Process Control Computer Engineers, we had a hush hush project we were supporting at Pfizer Sandwich known to us as 'Pfizer Fermentation' - all secret squirrel stuff, need to know basis etc . Our process control computer (a Ferranti Argus) was up a steel framed tower that swayed as the fermentation vat bubbled! Turned out it was Viagra they were working on - trying to sort out the scaling up of production. Same Sandwich plant that has been in the news in the last few months being mothballed. |
| mosey:
That's pretty good, but I bet you can come up with a better one for the ostensible hypertension drug that could. Mosey |
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