The Relation Of The Horsepower To The Kilowatt PDF Download

Excerpt from The Relation of the Horsepower to the Kilowatt The value of the horsepower may be expressed either in gravitational or in absolute units of power. Confusion often results when one equivalent is reduced to the other, since the gravitational units depend on the force of gravity, which varies from place to place, and the absolute units do not. Thus, the usual gravitational value for the English horsepower, 550 foot pounds per second, when reduced to watts gives a different number accord ing to the value of the acceleration of gravity employed in the conversion, and hence we find different values in various reference books, of which the fol lowing may be cited. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.