Animal Power - Horse. A Horse Walking In A Circle At A Speed Of 176 Feet Per Minute Will Raise With A Common Deep-Well Pump
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This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
Animal Power - Horse. A Horse Walking In A Circle At A Speed Of 176 Feet Per Minute Will Raise With A Common Deep-Well Pump
4h. | per day | 1,653 gals. | per min.; | 1ft. | high. |
5" | " " | 1,480 " | " " | " " | " |
6" | " " | 1,350 " | " " | " " | " |
8 " | " " | 1,160 " | " " | " " | " |
10" | " " | 1.040 " | " " | " " | " |
Tractive force of a horse when working 8 hours a day on a well-made road and walking at a rate of 2½ miles per hour, 150 lbs.
Tractive force of a horse when working a lift or horse-run with intervals of rest between each movement, the day's work not to exceed 6 hours, 300 lbs.
Tractive force of a horse when working in a circle of 30 feet diameter in working a mill for 8 hours per day at a pace of 2 miles per hour, 100 lbs.
A horse can exert a force horizontally at a dead pull, 400 lbs.
A horse can carry on his back a distance of 20 miles per day on a well-made road, without overexertion, from 250 to 300 lbs.
The horse-power adopted as a unit in estimating the force of a steam-engine = 33,000 lbs. raised 1 foot high in 1 minute, an amount of force which few horses could perform for any length of time.
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