Tables and Diagrams Relating to Non-Condensing Engines and Boilers (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Prior to the introduction of the Steam Engine, horses were very generally used to furnish power to perform various kinds of work, and especially the work of pumping water out of mines, raising coal, etc. For such purposes several horses working together were required. Thus, to work the pumps of a certain mine, five, six, seven or some other number of horses were found necessary. When it was proposed to substitute the new power of steam, the proposal naturally took the form of furnishing a Steam Engine capable of doing the work of the number of horses used at the same time. Hence, naturally followed the usage of stating the number of horses which a particular engine was equal to, that is, its Horse Power.
But as the two powers were only alike in their equal capacity to do the same work it became necessary to refer in both powers to some work of a similar character which could be made the basis of comparison. Of this character was the work of raising a weight perpendicularly.
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Prior to the introduction of the Steam Engine, horses were very generally used to furnish power to perform various kinds of work, and especially the work of pumping water out of mines, raising coal, etc. For such purposes several horses working together were required. Thus, to work the pumps of a certain mine, five, six, seven or some other number of horses were found necessary. When it was proposed to substitute the new power of steam, the proposal naturally took the form of furnishing a Steam Engine capable of doing the work of the number of horses used at the same time. Hence, naturally followed the usage of stating the number of horses which a particular engine was equal to, that is, its Horse Power.
But as the two powers were only alike in their equal capacity to do the same work it became necessary to refer in both powers to some work of a similar character which could be made the basis of comparison. Of this character was the work of raising a weight perpendicularly.
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