The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 7 days agoI feel betrayed...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1651arrow-down113
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minus-squarepacology@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·7 days 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-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 days 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)