2007-09-24 13:27:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
The first caveman to throw a rock.
2007-09-24 14:04:53 · answer #1 · answered by Thomas C 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe a better question would be, "Who was the first to describe projectile motion (mathematically), and when?" It's always been around...someone just one day decided "Hey, that rock seems to be following a path close to a curve of the form F(x)=.........
2007-09-25 14:46:10 · answer #2 · answered by oneman c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably some Aborigine in Australia using an atlatl.
2007-09-24 13:30:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes back to Cain and Abel. One threw a rock to kill the other.
2007-09-24 15:00:03 · answer #4 · answered by oil field trash 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectile_motion
2007-09-24 13:30:52 · answer #5 · answered by sfk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋