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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact, they short changed the horse:

Over a short period of time, they calculate, a horse can exert up to 14.9 horsepower.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't horse power intended to represent the average energy output of a horse over a working day, rather than a brief maximum?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago

Yes, it was.