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Jeff Morris
 
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Default Invention of the magnetron -an essential component of radar and microweace ovens.

No, I don't recall seeing one. But I did spend a lot of time in the "temporary buildings"
that housed the old RadLab - they were finally torn down a few years ago.

This reminds of the 1952 British movie "The Sound Barrier" which sort of claims that
Geoffrey de Havilland broke the sound barrier by "reversing the controls." In Chuck
Yeager's words it was "utter shuck from start to finish."





"Donal" wrote in message
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"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message
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I'd say that supports exactly what I've been saying. Given the timing, it

was certainly a
huge improvement, but it was one of many necessary to create a workable

system. Your link
makes it sound like they invented the cavity magnetron, which is certainly

not true. And
don't forget, at this point in time, the US wasn't even in the war. We

were spending
billions of dollars developing Radar to save Britain.


I bet that you've seen a Hollywood movie about it???

Regards


Donal
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