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  2. Horsepower - Wikipedia

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    There are many different standards and types of horsepower. Two common definitions used today are the imperial horsepower as in "hp" or "bhp" which is about 745.7 watts, and the metric horsepower as in "cv" or "PS" which is approximately 735.5 watts. The electric horsepower "hpE" is exactly 746 watts, while the boiler horsepower is 9809.5 or ...

  3. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    ≡ 1 ft/(h⋅s) = 8.4 6 × 10 −5 m/s 2: foot per minute per second: fpm/s ≡ 1 ft/(min⋅s) = 5.08 × 10 −3 m/s 2: foot per second squared: fps 2: ≡ 1 ft/s 2 = 3.048 × 10 −1 m/s 2: gal; galileo: Gal ≡ 1 cm/s 2 = 10 −2 m/s 2: inch per minute per second: ipm/s ≡ 1 in/(min⋅s) = 4.2 3 × 10 −4 m/s 2: inch per second squared ...

  4. Beardmore Halford Pullinger - Wikipedia

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    Although BHP's design was projected to produce 300 hp (224 kW) the engine's output came in below expectations. The original name given to the engine was the 200 hp BHP. The engine's name was later changed to the 230 hp BHP to better reflect its actual output. Finally, the engine's name was changed to the Galloway Adriatic. [6]

  5. Horsepower-hour - Wikipedia

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    1.98 × 10 6 ft⋅lbf A horsepower-hour (symbol: hp⋅h ) is an outdated unit of energy , not used in the International System of Units . The unit represents an amount of work a horse is supposed capable of delivering during an hour (1 horsepower integrated over a time interval of an hour).

  6. Callaway Cars - Wikipedia

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    Camshaft specs: 224°/230° duration, .581" intake lift, .588" exhaust lift, 114 degrees overlap (red line at 6700 rpm) and using Shell 98/100 octane V-power gasoline, realized an increase in power to 375 kW (510 PS; 503 hp) or (503 bhp) at the flywheel and around 440 ft⋅lbf (600 N⋅m) to 460 ft⋅lbf (620 N⋅m) of torque) – approximately ...

  7. Italian submarine Iride - Wikipedia

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    For surface running, the boats were powered by two diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft with overall power of 675–750 hp (503–559 kW). [3] When submerged each propeller was driven by a 400-horsepower (298 kW) electric motor .

  8. Tax horsepower - Wikipedia

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    At first the RAC rating was usually representative of the car's actual (brake) horsepower, but as engine design and technology progressed in the 1920s and 1930s these two figures began to diverge, with engines making much more power than their RAC ratings suggested: by 1924 the 747 cc (45.6 cu in) engine of the Austin Seven (named for its 7 hp ...

  9. List of discontinued Volkswagen Group petrol engines

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    The spark-ignition petrol (gasoline) engines listed below were formerly used in various marques of automobiles and commercial vehicles of the German automotive business Volkswagen Group [1] and also in Volkswagen Industrial Motor applications, but are now discontinued.