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Re: Horsepower (was Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))A.J.Cribbin (ajcribbi@comp.brad.ac.uk)16 Oct 1995 14:31:22 GMT
: In <45jpra$2l5@cnn.Princeton.EDU> davelee@davelee (David H. Lee)
The "horsepower" was based on an estimate of what a horse
Actually a horse has about 10 horsepower...
Don't ask me for a cite, it's in a back issue of New Scientist
Andrew
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