HORSEPOWER

Duration: 10 min

Year Published: 1940

Creator: Jam Handy

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: How the term "horsepower" originated, and how it applies to the automobile. Goes back to the days of James Watt when in 1769 he conducted a series of experiments to show just how much weight a horse could be expected to lift in a given length of time. Feature by feature, part by part, cylinder by cylinder the film shows how the horsepower of automobile engines has been increased.

Complete Record: Dewey number: 621 Audience level: jh-sh-adult Format/cost: 16-sd-$36 Distributors / rental: University of Illinois $1; Visual Education, Inc (Texas)

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946