HORSEPOWER
Devised by James Watt (1736-1819), Horsepower is the power required to lift 550 pounds by 1 foot in 1 sec: 33,000 foot pounds per
minute. 1 horsepower = 745.7 watts; or 2,545 BTUs (British Thermal Units) per hour.
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Small
but certainly not aware of it - the Falabella
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At 21
hh - Firpon certainly did not go unnoticed
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To be
or not to be - the heaviest horse - 19.2 hh pure-bred Belgian stallion
named Brooklyn Supreme foaled in 1928. He was
3,200 pounds or
1.42 tons!
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Not so
lone - The Lone Ranger and Silver
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Equestre Internationale, Lausanne 
