[HN Gopher] How Much Horsepower is a Horse? [video]
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       How Much Horsepower is a Horse? [video]
        
       Author : zdw
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2023-12-08 18:21 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | andytruett wrote:
       | Per the video, 5.7hp for the horse tested.
        
         | adrian_b wrote:
         | The comparison is not really correct, because the "hp" was
         | defined as the power that a horse could sustain for a very long
         | time, like when being used to power a pump or a mill, which was
         | the right equivalence for the replacement of a horse with a
         | steam engine.
         | 
         | Like humans or any other animals, horses can sustain much
         | higher powers for short times, than for long times. Few horses,
         | if any, could sustain a power of "1 hp" for hours.
        
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