| By Dentist86 (Dentist86) on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 03:29 am: Edit |
How much horsepower does a horse have?
How does the horsepower works??
| By Icarus (Icarus) on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 03:36 am: Edit |
check out this site for a pretty detailed explaination on how horsepower is measured.
How Stuff Works: Horsepower
Basically, its an arbitrary unit that is measured at 33,000 foot-pounds of work every minute = 746 Watts = 1,055 Joules = 2,545 BTU = 252 gram-calories.
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