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Meanings of imperial horsepower in English

Russian
лошадиная сила
Spanish
caballo de fuerza

Unit of power in the Imperial system of units (745.69987 W)

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        Everyone loves a fast Ford and the new 280bhp Focus ST is certainly fast.
        The Irish Times
        2
        BHP Group BHP.AXBHPB.L is building a nickel chemicals plant in the state.
        Reuters
        3
        However, BHP said the offer is still contingent on other regulatory approvals.
        Reuters
        4
        BHP said its annual capacity was 6 million tonnes prior to that.
        Reuters
        5
        The current bid is not subject to a vote of BHP's shareholders.
        Reuters
        1
        Air pressure is a big factor in the matter of aeroplane horsepower.
        Flying Machines: Construction and Operation / A Practical Book W...
        2
        Don't get us wrong: we're all for 400-horsepower personal amusement park rides.
        Wired
        3
        Automobile dealer Henri Rougier won first place in a Turcat-Méry 45-horsepower model.
        Wired
        4
        Yet the Pirelli P-Zeros shrugged off the 610-horsepower coercion without a wisp.
        BBC
        5
        A six-speed transmission sends the motor's 845 horsepower to an all-wheel-drive system.
        Wired
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        The cost of the pumping plants complete per horse-power is as follows:
        The Water Supply of the El Paso and Southwestern Railway from Ca...
        2
        It is used to generate thousands of horse-power in great electrical installations.
        The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) / A Plain Story Simply Tol...
        3
        The power required to drive the Thwaite-Denny furnace is four indicated horse-power.
        Getting Gold: A Practical Treatise for Prospectors, Miners and S...
        4
        The Broadway plant of General Electric, downtown, makes transformers & fractional-horse-power motors.
        The new yorker
        5
        Two two-bladed propellers were driven by an eight-cylinder 50 horse-power Antoinette motor.
        A History of Aeronautics