what is horsepower? how do you determine it? why is it called horsepower? can someone please just explain horsepower in general to me i’m so confused why doesn’t it have anything to do with horses? ):
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Horsepower is an ill-defined and useless unit. It should not be used. There is no exact definition of how much power it is precisely, but it’s somewhere around 750W. Originally, it was a marketing gimmick by Watt to compare his engines to work done by horses.
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