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The reason horsepower, a long standing unit of engine power measurement, seems so weak (1hp engines are pretty puny after all) is because horsepower is not a direct equivalent to the total maximum energy a powerful horse can expend, but a measurement of the amount of work a horse could do over time (and factors in time at rest).

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