 | Agriculture - 1850 - 392 pages
...fc«t to the mile, only one quarter as much. . . . i. '• Though a horse, on a level is as strong аз five men, yet on a steep hill it is less strong than...Ibs., will ascend faster than a horse with 300 Ibs. " There is a popular theory that a gently undulating road is less fatiguing' to horses than one which... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1852 - 400 pages
...completely useless. The loss of power on inclinations is indeed even greater than these cousiderations show ; for, besides the increase of draught caused...so, where a single steep slope occurs on a long line of road which is comparatively level. It is, in that case, especially important to avoid or to lessen... | |
 | G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852 - 728 pages
...only half as much : and on a slope of 1 in 10, or 528 feet to the mile, onlv one-quarter ая much. Though a horse on a level is as strong as five men,...each 100 Ibs., will ascend faster than a horse with 800 Ibs. The popular theory, that a gentle undulating road is less fatiguing to horses than one which... | |
 | Thomas Antisell - Industrial arts - 1852 - 728 pages
...only half as much ; and on a slope of 1 in 10, "or 528 feet to the mile, onlv one-quarter as much. Though a horse on a level is as strong as five men,...each 100 Ibs., will ascend faster than a horse with 800 Ibs. The popular theory, that a gentle undulating road is less fatiguing to horses than one which... | |
 | William Laxton - Architecture - 1858 - 522 pages
...upon an ascent, and even in a greater ratio than that of a man, owing to its anatomical formation and great weight. Though a horse on a level is as strong...on a steep hill it is less strong than three, for (according to Emerson) three men carrying 100 Ib. each will ascend faster than a horse carrying 300... | |
 | William Davis Haskoll - Railroads - 1864 - 214 pages
...upon an ascent, and even in a greater ratio than that of a man, owing to its anatomical formation and great weight. Though a horse on a level is as strong...on a steep hill it is less strong than three, for (according to Emerson) three men carrying 100 Ib. each will ascend faster than a horse carrying 300... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1867 - 736 pages
...his own weight to raise to the perpendicular height of the hill. It is said, therefore, that although a horse on a level is as strong as five men, yet on a steep hill he is not as strong as three men ; for thrqe men, carrying each 100 pounds, will ascend faster than... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1867 - 752 pages
...own weight to raise to the perpendicular. height of tho hill. It is said, therefore, that although a horse on a level is as strong as five men, yet on a steep hill he is not as strong as three men; for three men, carrying each 100 pounds, will ascend faster than... | |
 | Michigan. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1876 - 556 pages
...construction of a horse does not permit him to apply his powers with the same advantage as on a level. A horse on a level is as strong as five men ; yet on a steep side hill he is less strong than three, — f or three men, carrying each 100 pounds, will ascend faster... | |
 | Missouri. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1885 - 536 pages
...being able like a man to throw forward the centre of gravity at will. According to one authority. '• though a horse on a level is as strong as five men, yet on a steep hill he is less strong than three." Experiments show that a horse can draw about four fifths as much on... | |
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... man, owing to its anatomical formation and great weight. Though a horse on a level is as strong as five men, on a grade of 15 per cent, it is less strong than three... 
