I seem to recall that the apparatus for measuring the output of a prime
mover was called a Prony Brake. The unit back then was the 'brake
horsepower', or bhp.
Duncan
From: Gregory Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: March 13, 2001 16:30
Subject: [USMA:11580] Re: What is bhp
>And here I thought "bhp" was "boiler horsepower" = 9.80950 kW
>
>cf:
>
>hp = 0.745700 kW
>hp (electric) = 0.746 kW (exactly)
>hp (metric) = 0.735499 kW
>hp (water) = 0.746043 kW
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