FactPack: Horsepower

FactPack: Horsepower

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What is a horsepower? How many horses would it take to power your car?

Key facts

  • Horsepower is the unit that measures the power of engines.
  • Horsepower was devised by the engineer James Watt.
  • Different engines need different horsepower to run.

Transcript

Horsepower – unit that measures the power of engines

Devised by Scottish engineer James Watt

He decided the power needed for:
1 horse to lift 15,000 kg
A distance of 30 cm in 1 minute
= 1 horsepower

Think how much horsepower it would take to run a motor scooter – …

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