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  • pacology@lemmy.worldtoMemes@sopuli.xyzI feel betrayed...
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    6 months ago

    Here is the salient point on the Wikipedia page that explains why horses don’t produce 1 HP:

    Watt judged that the horse could pull with a force of 180 pounds-force (800 N)

    Basically, Watts made up HP to sell his steam engine to mines and likely made up a number to make the new technology seem better.

    Some things never change.