propeller horsepower

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a measure of the power actually available for driving a propeller after all wasted energy is deducted.

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In the race to the future, horsepower was losing to gas power, and the city was changing.
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But the real leverage between the U.S. and China comes down to economic horsepower.
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Children have fantasy lives so rich and combustible that rigging them with lies is like putting a propeller on a rocket.
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They used a 30 horsepower refrigeration unit to keep the wall frozen and spent about $15 a day to power it.
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“You think of something military, hostile, weaponized,” not the tiny four-propeller aircrafts used by hobbyists and researchers.
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The propeller to be worked by this novel engine was of course his long-idle screw.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
It was a fourteen-horse-power engine, water-cooled, and geared with a chain to the propeller.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
The next moment the engine began to throb regularly, and the blades of the propeller whirled.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
The big propeller-wings began to beat the air, and the sound rose to a keen buzzing.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
Swift and straight she flew and suddenly Chet roared to Lance to shut down, and the propeller groaningly stopped.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison