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Two Accidental Inventions
Stuff You Missed in History Class
Percy Le Baron Spencer - A History of Engineering
An engineer named percy le baron spencer. Spencer was born in 18 94 in howland, maine, and his early years were reall marked by pretty extreme poverty. He started working when he was still just a kid, taking a job at a weaving mill at aged 12 because he had to take care of himself and his aunt who was raising him at the time. At the age of 18, spencer joined the navy as a radio operator. And he devoured all the information he could about radio technology. His grandson said the first thing people's memories are sieves.
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