It may be a metric horse-power but it is not SI! Duncan From: Joseph B. Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: March 13, 2001 21:37 >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. > >Joseph B. Reid >17 Glebe Road West >Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 >
