HORSEPOWER

unit of power in the English system of units. It is equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute or 550 foot-pounds per second or approximately 746 watts. The term horsepower originated with James Watt, who determined by experiment that a horse could do 33,000 foot-pounds of work a minute in drawing coal from a coal pit.

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books on: Horsepower  - 2241 results

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The Growth of Manufactures 1899 to 1923: A Study of Indexes of Increase in the Volume of Manufactures Products
Book by Edmund E. Day, Woodlief Thomas; U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1928
Subjects: Manufactures--Statistics, United States--Manufactures
...wage earners employed and in primary horsepower installed, and by the combination of...1904 United States: Wage earners and horsepower com bined 116.5 1.1 29.8 9.7...5 29.3 6.4 21.0 16.0 Primary horsepower 229.6 12.8 31.5 20.1 38.5...
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Technological Trends and National Policy: Including the Social Implications of New Inventions. June 1937
Book; U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937
Subjects: Technology Assessment, Technology--Social Aspects--United States, Technology--United States
...000 more. Estimating the power of automobiles at an average of 30 horsepower the taxable horsepower of the two most used automobiles and that of trucks and busses at 80 horsepower, the available power in automobiles is about 678 million horsepower...
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Public Finance
Book by Clyde L. King; The Macmillan Company, 1935
Subjects: Finance--United States, Taxation--United States
...method now used is to grade the tax per horsepower. Thus Alabama now has a flat rate on electrics...passenger cars from $11.25 for a car of 25 horsepower up to $30.00 for 40 or more horsepower. The two intermediate rates are $18...
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Abstract of the Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920
Book by U.S. Bureau of the Census; Government Printing Office, 1923
Subjects: Fiction, United States--Census, 14th, 1920, United States--Statistics
...133,418 100,726 85,923 Primary horsepower, total 29,504,792 22,437,072...5,938,635 3,410,837 Average horsepower per establishment 124.0 109.1 100...127,267 130,710 91,403 56,483 Horsepower 17,037,973 15,591,593 1 14...
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Farewell to Poverty
Book by Maurice Parmelee; J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1935
Subjects: Capitalism, Economic History--1918-, Economic Policy, Socialism
...1932 the largest single turbine had a capacity of 200,000 horsepower. At the same time it had decreased in its size and weight per effective horsepower. In 1933 a 60,000-horsepower turbine occupied no more space than a 12,000-horsepower...
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Educational Horsepower: Engine Design and Construction in the Classroom: Assessment of Student Work with Traditional Engine Curriculum Can Be Quite Simple; Does It Run?
Journal article by Brad Christensen; The Technology Teacher, Vol. 67, 2007
Subjects: Internal combustion engines--Design and construction, Internal combustion engines--Innovations, Technological innovations--Educational aspects, Technological innovations--Usage, Technology and civilization--Evaluation, Technology and society--Evaluation
Educational Horsepower: Engine Design and Construction in...rpm, they can calculate theoretical horsepower. They can also rig up a winch system...will allow them to determine actual horsepower. Armed with actual and theoretical...
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The Luftwaffe and Its Allied Air Forces in World War II: Parallel War and the Failure of Strategic and Economic Cooperation
Journal article by James S. Corum; Air Power History, Vol. 51, 2004
Subjects: Air power--Analysis, Air power--History
...producing aircraft engines exceeding 1,000 horsepower. This inability to produce powerful...74RC38 engines, capable of only 840 horsepower, while their contemporary, the Me...DB 601, an engine capable of 1,050 horsepower. The Alfa Romeo 126 R3 34 engines in...
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Hedonic Analysis of Reliability and Safety for New Automobiles
Journal article by Cheryl Carleton Asher; Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 26, 1992
Subjects: Automobiles--Prices and rates, Consumer confidence--Research, Pricing--Research, Reliability (Engineering)--Research
...used physical characteristics such as weight, horsepower, length, number of gears, and options as...or performance is measured by the ratio of horsepower to weight: the more horsepower the greater the acceleration, but the heavier...
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"As Though There Was No Boundary": The Shipshaw Project and Continental Integration
Journal article by David Massell; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 34, 2004
Subjects: Alcan Inc.--History, Aluminum industry--History, Cross cultural studies, Cross-cultural studies, Hydroelectric power plants--History, Saguenay Valley--History, World War II, 1939-1945
...drawing at first a meager 21,000 horsepower (some 16,000 kilowatts) (31) from...across the river to purchase 60,000 horsepower (44,760 kw) from a Canadian firm...some 200,000 kilowatts (268,000 horsepower) of electrical power to expand aluminum...
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The (1992) Bonus-malus System in Tunisia: an Empirical Evaluation
Journal article by Georges Dionne, Olfa Ghali; Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 72, 2005
Subjects: Automobile insurance, Incentives, Insurance policies, Mathematical models, Regression analysis, Statistical analysis, Studies, Traffic accidents & safety, Tunisia
...automobiles in Tunisia is essentially based on horsepower plus a BMS introduced in 1992. In Tunisia...liability (set according to the cars horsepower in the Minister of Finances Circular...policyholders place of residence; * The cars horsepower; * The brand of the car; * The coverages...
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My 1,500-horsepower Brake Job
Magazine article by Stephan Wilkinson; Popular Science, Vol. 262, May 2003
Subjects: Automobile driving, Automobile repair
My 1,500-horsepower Brake Job by Stephan Wilkinson Im...originally designed for the 1,100-horsepower Porsche 917 Le Mans and Can-Am car...braking power by relating it to the horsepower of its cars. In the basic 911, for...
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Hypercar under the Hood of the 1,001-horsepower Bugatti Veyron Is a 16-cylinder Tale of Big Egos, Aggressive Engineering and Media Sniping
Magazine article by Paul Horrell; Popular Science, Vol. 264, January 2004
...Hypercar under the Hood of the 1,001-horsepower Bugatti Veyron Is a 16-cylinder Tale...number. First, the number: 1,000 horsepower. That is the power of the Bugatti EB...for reasons rooted in the astronomical horsepower number. When the 1,000-hp figure...
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Two Paths to Horsepower
Magazine article by Tony Swan; Popular Science, Vol. 247, August 1995
Subjects: Automobiles, Chevrolet Camaro, Engines, Ford Motor Co, Ford Mustang, General Motors Corp, Pontiac Firebird, Product introduction
Two Paths to Horsepower by Tony Swan The affordable, V8...the current five-liter V8: 215 horsepower, 285 foot-pounds of torque. The...propels the Camaro and Firebird. Horsepower in the standard Camaro/Firebird...
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Brainpower Not Horsepower
Magazine article by Wayne Daniels, Lynnette Spratley; Law & Order, Vol. 51, July 2003
Subjects: Patrol cars, Police pursuit driving
Brainpower Not Horsepower by Wayne Daniels , Lynnette Spratley Teaching officers to know when...alternative but to terminate the pursuit. Some drivers have enough horsepower and reckless ego to repeatedly allow a cruiser to almost catch up...
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Overclock Your Car Findings: Want More Horsepower? Put Away the Snap-onsthis Is a Job for a Gearhead with a Laptop
Magazine article by Stephan Wilkinson; Popular Science, Vol. 265, September 2004
Overclock Your Car Findings: Want More Horsepower? Put Away the Snap-onsthis Is a Job for a Gearhead with...tweaking.) Ineptly written chip code can at best cost you horsepower and at worst lead to early engine failure, so do your homework...
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newspaper articles on: Horsepower  - 5167 results

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'Horsepower' Has Proved to Be Elusive to Measure
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 5, 2003
Subjects: Society of Automotive Engineers, Watt, James
Horsepower has proved to be elusive to measure...THE WASHINGTON TIMES The subject of horsepower has recently appeared in a number of...or otherwise misrepresenting - the horsepower ratings of their cars, a confusing...
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Horsepower Measured 2 Ways
Newspaper article by Bob Sikorsky; The Washington Times, November 14, 1997
Horsepower measured 2 ways by Bob Sikorsky Dear Bob: Im the...owner of a new Dodge Viper GTS coupe. The rated horsepower is 450. Ive previously owned muscle cars with similar horsepower ratings, but they did not perform anywhere close...
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Audi's TT Roadster Gives You a Choice: 180 or 225-Horsepower
Newspaper article by Arv Voss; The Washington Times, May 25, 2001
Subjects: Audi AG, Transportation equipment industry
...gives you a choice: 180 or 225-horsepower by Arv Voss Audi continues the tradition...while the other spews forth 225 horsepower and an impressive 207 pounds-feet of torque. The TT 180-horsepower Coupe made its debut in May 1999...
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To Haul Heavy Loads Opt for Higher-Horsepower Pickup
Newspaper article by Bob Sikorsky; The Washington Times, April 28, 2000
To haul heavy loads opt for higher-horsepower pickup by Bob Sikorsky Dear Bob: I am...or Nissan Frontier. Im concerned about horsepower. The Ranger and Chevy S-10 have only 119 horsepower, while the Frontier and Toyota Tacoma...
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Long Ago Days When Real Horsepower Was King; THE Role of the Horse in Shaping British Farming Was Fundamental but Could Not Compete with the March of Mechanisation. BRUCE JOBSON Looks at the Changing Face of Autumn Agriculture from the Pages of His Father's 1950s Diary
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), October 30, 2010
Subjects: Agricultural industry--International economic relations, Agriculture
Long Ago Days When Real Horsepower Was King; THE Role of the Horse in Shaping British Farming...Pages of His Fathers 1950s Diary. Byline: BRUCE JOBSON HORSEPOWER, real horsepower, has dominated farming and our rural way of life for centuries...
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encyclopedia articles on: Horsepower  - 13 results

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Horsepower
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HORSEPOWER unit of power in the English system of units. It is equal to 33,000...or 550 foot-pounds per second or approximately 746 watts. The term horsepower originated with James Watt, who determined by experiment that a horse...
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Airplane
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the ratio between power load (horsepower) and weight. The Wright brothers...weighed about 12 lb (5.4 kg) per horsepower. The modern piston engine weighs about 1 lb (0.4 kg) or less per horsepower, and jet and gas-turbine engines...
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Marine Engine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...greater maneuverability. Steam turbines having 1,000 shaft horsepower and more are used for the most powerful ships. Diesel engines...to medium-size ships requiring as much as 40,000 total horsepower. Gas turbines and fast diesels usually have a reduction...
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Internal-Combustion Engine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...engines include the reaction engine (see jet propulsion , rocket ), and the gas turbine . Engines are rated by their maximum horsepower, which is usually reached a little below the speed at which undue mechanical stresses are developed. Reciprocating Engines...
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Work
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...friction. The element of time does not enter into the computation of work; the time rate of doing work is called power . One horsepower is an expenditure of 33,000 foot-pounds per minute. Some of the units used to measure work are the foot-pound, the...
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