Ed S. (IL) said: (quoted from post at 15:25:32 11/24/14)
old said: (quoted from post at 10:16:45 11/24/14) Yes I do but there is no way you could have that 24 hp lawn mower engine if it could be done work as the engine of an 8N work
I think it is enlightening that we are still having this lack of understanding in 2014. We have grown up in a world were engines of all sorts are an intimate part of everyday life.
I can only imagine the frustration James Watt must have felt in 1750 trying to explain rotary engine power to a bunch of poorly educated farmers, tradesmen, and factory managers with minimal if any mathematical skills. The concept of an "engine" was totally foreign to them and their only concept of power was embodied in a 2000+ pound draft animal that either pulled or carried a load while plodding along at the speed of smell. Fortunately they were open minded and smart enough to try and grasp the engine power concept else we would still be traveling overland on stagecoaches and using mulles to pull barges loaded with goods along canals.....
TOH
This post was edited by TheOldHokie at 13:51:56 11/24/14 4 times.
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