Glad I remembered Micawber. Sometimes my brain actually works. :-)
Of course my source didn't explain HOW James Watt figured out a horse could lift 30,000 pounds the distance of one foot in one minute, but that's the actual amount involved in a single unit of horsepower. I'm guessing pulleys were involved, since horses aren't well equipped to lift straight up.
Thanks, on the procrastinating. I'm a little more than 25% through with it, and need to finish the rest tonight (by late sunrise). So I'm taking a break, then need to lie down and stretch my back out. I tend to perch, not properly sit in my desk chair, and my back has decided I hate it, so it hates me.
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Date: 2003-12-04 07:39 am (UTC)Of course my source didn't explain HOW James Watt figured out a horse could lift 30,000 pounds the distance of one foot in one minute, but that's the actual amount involved in a single unit of horsepower. I'm guessing pulleys were involved, since horses aren't well equipped to lift straight up.
Thanks, on the procrastinating. I'm a little more than 25% through with it, and need to finish the rest tonight (by late sunrise). So I'm taking a break, then need to lie down and stretch my back out. I tend to perch, not properly sit in my desk chair, and my back has decided I hate it, so it hates me.