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From: limerick
I thought horsepower (the amount of weight that can be moved in a minute,sort of) was also correlated to torque , therefore horsepower also creates acceleration? Is there really that much of a disconnect?
What horsepower means is this: In Watt's judgement, one horse can do 33,000 foot-pounds of work every minute. So, imagine a horse raising coal out of a coal mine as shown above. A horse exerting 1 horsepower can raise 330 pounds of coal 100 feet in a minute, or 33 pounds of coal 1,000 feet in one minute, or 1,000 pounds 33 feet in one minute. You can make up whatever combination of feet and pounds you like. As long as the product is 33,000 foot-pounds in one minute, you have a horsepower.
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From: Yorba Linda, CA
[QUOTE=exceltoexcel,Sep 14 2006, 07:15 AM] I thought horsepower (the amount of weight that can be moved in a minute,sort of) was also correlated to torque , therefore horsepower also creates acceleration?
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