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How did thrust discovered?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 5/18/2021

If by "thrust" you are talking about a force that propels objects, then that was first discovered when early mankind threw something big and heavy. As that object was thrust forward the thrower was propelled backward. So those who would toss things knew to brace themselves to prevent them from toppling backward during the toss.

We can see that ancient mankind learned that bracing from prehistoric sketching of spear chuckers on cave walls. So intuitively from experience they accounted for the thrust backward for throwing a spear forward.

Later with the invention of gun powder in China, mankind learned of thrust from early rifles. And later from cannons. As the bullet was thrown forward from the muzzle the rifle and cannon were thrust backward with what we call a "recoil."

But it wasn't until the 1600s when Isaac newton came up with his Laws of Motion that thrust was mathematically explained by F = ma; where F is that force we call thrust. F = ma still guides the design and operation of modern day rockets and their thrust. From F/m = a we can figure how much acceleration a rocket with mass m can get from the thrust F.

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