 | John Milton Amiss, Franklin D. Jones, Henry H. Ryffel, Christopher J. McCauley, Riccardo Heald - Technology & Engineering - 2004 - 284 pages
...indicated horsepower of a reciprocating steam engine, the product of the mean effective pressure in psi, the length of the stroke in feet, the area of the piston in square inches, and the number of piston strokes per minute is divided by the constant 33,000, which represents the number of foot-pounds... | |
 | Louis Randolph Ford - Diesel motor - 1925 - 572 pages
...in the engine cylinder during a revolution. The product of this pressure, the length of the engine stroke in feet, the area of the piston in square inches and the number of combustion strokes per minute, divided by 33,000, will give the indicated horsepower, or the total... | |
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Divide the continued product of the mean effective pressure in pounds per square inch, the length of the stroke in feet, the area of the piston in square inches, and the number of strokes per minute, by 33,000 ; the result will be the horsepower. 
