[USMA:11590] Re: What is bhp

[Joseph B. Reid]

Gregory Peterson asked in USMA 11580:

>btw... could anyone give me a definition for "metric" horsepower?


A metric horsepower is 75 metre-kilogramforce per second = 735.498 75 W.
In French it is known as cheval vapeur or CV.

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