What is a Horsepower?

When it comes to car engines and automobiles, most of us know one word in particular—horsepower. But where does that term come from? And what is a horsepower anyway?

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Producer/Video by:
Jason Lederman

Research:
Sara Chodosh

Narrator:
Jessica Boddy

Media Used:
Dodge
Chevrolet
Lexus
Prelinger Archives/archive.org
New York Public Library
Wikimedia Commons
Pixabay
Pond5
Wärtsilä

CC BY-SA 2.0
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