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1000 watts; and in modernpractice even steam engines are being increasmgly rated inkilowatts rather than in horse power. A horse power is equiva-lent t(j 746 watts, or about | of a kilowatt. A kilowatt isalmost exactly equal to 102 kilogram meters per second. 145. Definition of energy. The enenjij… … Jajies Prescott Joule(1818-1889) English physicist, born at Man-chester; most prominent figure inthe establishment of the doctrineof the conservation of energy;studied chemistry as a boy underJohn Dalton, and became so inter-ested that his father, a prosperousManchester brewer, fitted out…
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