The Picard Maneuver to [email protected] • 6 months agoI feel betrayed...imagemessage-square39arrow-up1652arrow-down113
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minus-square@pacologylinkEnglish28•6 months agoHere is the salient point on the Wikipedia page that explains why horses don’t produce 1 HP: Watt judged that the horse could pull with a force of 180 pounds-force (800 N) Basically, Watts made up HP to sell his steam engine to mines and likely made up a number to make the new technology seem better. Some things never change.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-26 months agoGotta love autocorrection of Watt into Watts. Watt = J/s = N*m/s = kg*m*m/(s^2*s) = kg*m^2/(s^3)
Here is the salient point on the Wikipedia page that explains why horses don’t produce 1 HP:
Basically, Watts made up HP to sell his steam engine to mines and likely made up a number to make the new technology seem better.
Some things never change.
Gotta love autocorrection of Watt into Watts.
Watt = J/s = N*m/s = kg*m*m/(s^2*s) = kg*m^2/(s^3)