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Definition of Horsepowers
1. horsepower [n] - See also: horsepower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horsepowers
Literary usage of Horsepowers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eight Hours for Laborers on Government Work: Hearings Before the Committee by Committee on Education and Labor, United States, Senate, Congress (1903)
"[Harder Manufacturing Company, Empire Agricultural Works, sole makers of the
Fearless goods, horsepowers, thrashers, ensilage cutters, round silos, ..."
2. Addresses, Discussions, Etc. by Rome Greene Brown (1917)
"In comparing valuations or rentals of water horsepowers, it is exceedingly
important to distinguish between the theoretical horsepower at the crest of the ..."
3. Notes on Heating and Ventilation by John Robins Allen (1905)
"Referring to the table, we see that we may use an 80-inch fan driven at 400
revolutions, in which ease there would be required 5 horsepowers to drive the ..."
4. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1891)
"The horse-powers calculated above may be called gross horsepowers, or those
actually developed by the steam jets. From these must be made a deduction ..."
5. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"horsepowers are based on cutoff at H stroke, and. when condensing. « vas of 25 in.
Engines should not be operated at pressures exceeding those for which [«я ..."
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