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The unit of the rate of doing work. The term originated with James Watt, who determined by experiment that a horse could do 33,000 footpounds of work per minute in drawing coal from a coal pit.
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| horsepower |
Unit of rate of doing work. One horesepower equals about 550 foot-pounds per second or 746 watts.
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| horsepower |
The standard unit for measuring engine power: 1 hp is the power required to lift 550 pounds of weight one foot high in a second.
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| horsepower |
The common measurement when rating an engine's power. One horsepower equals 500 ft-lbs. per second, which is basically the power needed to lift 550 pounds one foot off the ground in exactly one second.
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| horsepower |
Unit of power equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute, equivalent to 745.7 watts.
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