How did Watt find out how much horsepower a pony had?
How did Watt find out how much horsepower a pony had? The story goes that Watt was working with ponies lifting coal at a coal mine, and he wanted a way to talk about the power available from one of these animals. He found that, on average, a mine pony could do 22,000 foot-pounds of work in a minute. Where do people talk the most about horsepower? One of the areas where people talk most about horsepower is in the area of high-performance cars. In the next section, we'll talk about the connection there. Imagine that you have a big...