smallappsIn 1945, a self-taught engineer named Percy Spencer was working on radar technology for the Raytheon company when he noticed something peculiar. The chocolate bar in his pocket had melted into a gooey mess. The …
The Enduring Glow: How a Simple Gas Range Tells a Story of Fire, Glass, and Independence
I still remember the heft of my grandmother’s enamelware coffeepot. It was a deep cobalt blue, impossibly glossy, and mapped with a fine web of scratches that told the story of fifty years of morning …