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Definition of Horsepower-hour
1. Noun. A unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horsepower-hour
Literary usage of Horsepower-hour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission: With Appendix by Ontario Royal Nickel Commission, George Thomas Holloway (1917)
"0.0000005 horsepower-hour. 1 joule per second. 0.00134 horsepower. 3.412 heat
units per hour. 0.7373 foot-pound per second. 0.0035 pound of water evaporated ..."
2. Mechanical Equipment of Buildings: A Reference Book for Engineers and Architects by Louis Allen Harding, Arthur Cutts Willard (1917)
"Triplex power pump and oil engine, 1 pint of oil per horsepower-hour. Triplex power
pump and gas engine, 10 to 20 cubic feet of gas per horsepower-hour. ..."
3. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1921)
"... W°rds' 1 horsepower-hour = 1980000 ft.-lb. of work. Therefore, what he really
buys is work, not power. If his engine runs 8 hours each working day, ..."
4. Aircraft Year Book by Manufacturers Aircraft Association (1921)
"The rated horsepower is 180 at 1750 rpm and the normal brake horsepower 195 at
1750 rpm The fuel consumption is 0.471 pounds per horsepower hour, ..."
5. Municipal Franchises: A Description of the Terms and Conditions Upon which by Delos Franklin Wilcox (1910)
"For power, based on the horsepower load connected, 8 cents per horsepower hour
for 25 horsepower or less; Scents per horsepower hour for more than 25 and ..."
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