What is ment by horse power ? Define Method of calculation?
Answer Posted / er. ankur vashisht
horse power is defined as the amount of weight in pounds
that a horse could lift one foot in one second. by
experiment it was found that an avg. horse can lift 550lb.
one foot in one second.
consequently,
1 hp = 550lb-feet/sec.
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