Question

Horsepower is a unit of measurement in the imperial system.which physical quantity was it used to measure

Answer 1

Horsepower. Horsepower, the common unit of power; i.e., the rate at which work is done. In the British Imperial System, one horsepower equals 33,000 foot-pounds of work per minute—that is, the power necessary to lift a total mass of 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute.