Fallacies in the theory of the organic origin of petroleums

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1912
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 74 KB
• Volume: 174
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(12)91215-6

✦ Synopsis

These values, 746 and 736 watts, were adopted as early as 1873 by a committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The value, o.746 kilowatt, will be used in future publications of the Bureau o,f Standards as the exact equivalent of the English and American horsepower. It is recognized, however, that modern engineering practice is constantly tending away from the horsepower and toward the kilowatt. The Bureau of Standards and the Standards Committee of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers recommend the kilowatt for use generally instead o,f the horsepc~wer as the unit of power.