hevosvoima
Hevosvoima, often abbreviated as hv or hp, is a unit of power. It was originally devised by the Scottish engineer James Watt in the late 18th century to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses. Watt defined one horsepower as the power required to lift 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute. This definition was based on his observations of the work horses could perform in coal mines.
The metric equivalent of horsepower, sometimes referred to as metric horsepower, is slightly different. One metric
Today, horsepower is commonly used to measure the power output of internal combustion engines in vehicles,