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The engines on a B-17 are studebaker built wright-cyclone, nine cylinder, R-1820-97 developing 1200 h.p. each.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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My Five Best Ohio LARPS (Live Action Roleplaying Games) myFiveBest Opinions: Historical Western Films astounding stories, at the mountains of madness, Call of Cthulhu, dunwich horror, h.p. lovecraft, Horror of Innsmouth, stephen king, The Shadow out of time, weird tales
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The thing that scares me about 3D is that the 'normal' folks h.p. fans especially will pay more just to see a movie that has been converted, not shot specifically for 3D.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to Cast Spells in 3-D « FirstShowing.net 2010
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You may picture me driving that 40 h.p. car for all she was worth over the crisp moor roads on that shining May morning; glancing back at first over my shoulder, and looking anxiously to the next turning; then driving with a vague eye, just wide enough awake to keep on the highway.
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Copper Mine, devouring the road in his 60 h.p. Packard, to cut her off before she reached the Pima river.
The Silver Spoon 2004
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This is a 180 h.p. Diesel motor, constructed for solar oil, of which we were taking about 90,000 litres (about 19,800 gallons).
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003
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The second lift is by simple centrifugal pumps (about 5 h.p. each).
Chapter 17 1995
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A pair of 150 h.p. suction fans drew the noxious fumes out of the room.
The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984
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Horsepower (h.p.) = 33 000 foot-pounds per minute = 0.746 kW
Chapter 7 1980
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Kilowatt (kW) = 1.36 CV = 1.34 h.p. Cheval-vapeur (CV) = 0.9863 h.p. = 0.736 kW
Chapter 7 1980
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