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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I absolutely has to do with horses. Horses were the main source of moving stuff pre automobile; so everything a car did was compared to a horse and carriage or horse and wagon (also steam trains which I guess came before cars)
A horsepower is defined by the force it takes to move 550 lbs 1 foot in one second
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