History
The nozzle was developed by Swedish inventor Gustaf de Laval in 1888 for use on a steam turbine.
This principle was first used in a rocket engine by Robert Goddard. Very nearly all modern rocket engines that employ hot gas combustion use de Laval nozzles.
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