Horsepower (redirect from Cheval vapeur)
the Italian cavallo vapore (cv), Dutch paardenkracht (pk), the French cheval-vapeur (ch), the Spanish caballo de vapor and Portuguese cavalo-vapor (cv)...
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p) is an obsolete unit of power, once used in France and replaced by cheval-vapeur (ch, metric horsepower). The unit was named after Jean-Victor Poncelet...
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Renault 220 hp. Post WW1 the 12Fe engine was marketed as the 300 CV / hp (cheval-vapeur / horsepower). There was also a 18 L (1,098 cu in) 220 hp (164 kW) model...
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models of the Peugeot armoured car were built on the Peugeot 18 CV ("cheval-vapeur" or horsepower) type 146 or type 148 chassis. The Peugeot armoured car...
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Berger. The "Gouffre de la Fromagère", the highest entrance. "Puits du Cheval Vapeur", connecting upstream of the "starless river". "Gouffre des Elfes" connected...
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of the French Gnome-Rhone Mistral Major GR.14Krs) generating 870 cv (cheval vapeur, or metric horsepower). But later the choice was for the Fiat A.76 R...
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49875 W (about 0.985 HP). Eventually, the poncelet was replaced with the cheval vapeur, which was identical to equivalent units of measure in neighboring countries...
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of calculation of the power of engines: from HP (Horse Power) to CV (Cheval Vapeur). Louis Renault is said to have described the 5HP as "the car that kept...
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the initials for "chevaux-vapeur" (horsepower – literally 'steam horses'), but used here for "chevaux fiscaux". The "cheval fiscal" was a French fiscal...
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considered 1788 to be Failevic's best film. In 1981, he directed Le cheval vapeur, a documentary about the use of tractors to replace men in fields. In...
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