I looked it up (as usual!).
You're thinking of German chemist Otto Hahn who is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and godfather of nuclear fission.
I stand corrected, once again! Thank you Galu!
Whittle always seems to be the first one referenced as "the creator of..."....this is not the case, Whittle was one of a long line of inventors bringing the jet engine into practical reality.
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There’s no doubt Whittle and von Ohain were the prime movers and shakers that got the concept off the ground. There is a good wiki entry on Whittle that goes through the shenanigans, dead ends, rejections etc that plagued the road from idea to working engine in the UK. The Germans just got on and did it from what I can tell.
IIUC, Whittle came up with the turbofan concept which today powers almost all commercial airplanes.
(I think a sphere heated by a flame and ejecting steam causing it to rotate is a bit tenuous Galu! Next thing the ancient Mesopotamians will be credited with inventing the car! Perhaps better described as a machine that simply demonstrated the potential of steam to be harnessed to do work)
IIUC, Whittle came up with the turbofan concept which today powers almost all commercial airplanes.
(I think a sphere heated by a flame and ejecting steam causing it to rotate is a bit tenuous Galu! Next thing the ancient Mesopotamians will be credited with inventing the car! Perhaps better described as a machine that simply demonstrated the potential of steam to be harnessed to do work)
Please note that I did not claim that Hero invented the jet engine.
He simply demonstrated its principle, a word which I also highlighted in my original post.
For those who do not understand the principle of the jet engine, it is one of action and reaction.
Let's check with NASA:
Newton's Third Law of Motion
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"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."I note your reaction to my action!
I read that the air collected during flight is added to the reaction mass rather than supplying additional oxygen for combustion.
This results in a greater thrust for a given amount of fuel.
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Come on. We should all be familiar with Newton’s 3rd law. A jet engine has blades, compressor stages, combustion chambers etc and that’s what I was referring to.
It’s a bit glib IMV to envoke Newton’s 3rd law and say it explains how this works:-
Jet engine - Wikipedia
It’s a bit glib IMV to envoke Newton’s 3rd law and say it explains how this works:-
Jet engine - Wikipedia
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Here's an interesting paragraph:
There are patterns in everything, even in hallucinations and dreams. Even pathological science exhibits a certain indubitable order. For example, it usually takes a form that seems avant-garde, but not utterly spacey. The scientist on this kind of frolic, Martin Gardner observes, usually "rid[es] into ignorance. . . on the coattails of reputable investigators." He is always to be found in the vicinity of the latest epidemic, the trailblazing diagnostic procedure, the trendiest new therapy or technology. Thus, an 1881 treatise blamed "neurasthenia" on "steam power" and "the mental activity of women" among other alarming hazards new to that era. Blondot's discovery of N rays, which don't exist, came close on the heels of Röntgen's discovery of X rays, which do. The development of serious chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer was soon followed by the development of Krebiozen, Laetrile, and AIDS therapies based on cucumber extracts.
- from 'Galileo's Revenge' by Peter Huber ©1991
There's jet-powered flight at the beginning of the UFO phenomenon, a big boost from the Moon missions, and now the dawn of civilian space flight.
There are patterns in everything, even in hallucinations and dreams. Even pathological science exhibits a certain indubitable order. For example, it usually takes a form that seems avant-garde, but not utterly spacey. The scientist on this kind of frolic, Martin Gardner observes, usually "rid[es] into ignorance. . . on the coattails of reputable investigators." He is always to be found in the vicinity of the latest epidemic, the trailblazing diagnostic procedure, the trendiest new therapy or technology. Thus, an 1881 treatise blamed "neurasthenia" on "steam power" and "the mental activity of women" among other alarming hazards new to that era. Blondot's discovery of N rays, which don't exist, came close on the heels of Röntgen's discovery of X rays, which do. The development of serious chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer was soon followed by the development of Krebiozen, Laetrile, and AIDS therapies based on cucumber extracts.
- from 'Galileo's Revenge' by Peter Huber ©1991
There's jet-powered flight at the beginning of the UFO phenomenon, a big boost from the Moon missions, and now the dawn of civilian space flight.
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