10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOT-POUND-SECOND»
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Quantification in Science: The VNR Dictionary of Engineering ...
foot per second squared symbol ft/s2 system foot-pound-second classification
unit of acceleration foot poundal symbol ft • pdl (see poundal foot) foot poundal
per second system foot-pound-second classification unit of power foot pound-
force ...
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NFPA's Pocket Electrical References
... 2.9307x10-' Watt Btu/Mmute x 4.1999 Calorie/Second Btu/Minute x 2.3581 x 10
"2 = Horsepower Btu/Minute x 1.7584x10' Watt Foot-pound/Second x 7.7104x10-
2 Btu/Minute Foot-pound/Second x 1.1658 Kilocalorie/Hour Foot-pound/Second ...
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Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures: ...
In parallel with the development of the cgs system (see 3.2.1 above) came what
was seen as its imperial equivalent, the foot-pound-second system, proposed by
W. Stroud in 1880 and sometimes called the Stroud system in commemoration.
François Cardarelli, 2003
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Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and ...
... a body I foot in the direction of the force: equal to about 0.01 calorie. foot-pound
-second sys-tem (FPS, fps) (fut-pownd-sek'ond sis'tem) A system of absolute units
based on the foot, pound, and second. foot-pound-second u-nit (FPS, fps).
Thomas Lathrop Stedman, 2005
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Sedimentation Engineering
Eq. 2.224 as presented herein is valid only for the foot-pound-second system of
units. Meyer-Peter Formula (Meyer-Peter and Muller, 1948) g2/3s = 39.25q2/3S −
9.95d50 (2.225) in which q = water discharge, in cubic feet per second per foot ...
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Solar Energy Conversion: The Solar Cell
Foot-pound/minute Foot-pound/second H Hectare Hectare Horsepower
Horsepower Horsepower Horsepower Horsepower~hour 30.38 centimeters
1.645 x 10'4 miles (nautical) 1.894 x 10'4 miles (statute) 1.2 x 104 mils 10.764
lumens/square ...
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Mechanics of Fluids SI Version
... Fahrenheit degree Celsius ___ °F 95___°C 32 degree Rankine kelvin ___ °R
95___K Energy British thermal unit joule 1 Btu 1055 J calorie 1 cal 4.186 J foot-
pound 1 ft-lb 1.356 J Power horsepower watt 1 hp 745.7 W foot-pound/second 1
...
Merle Potter, David Wiggert, Bassem Ramadan, 2011
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Handbook of Electrical Hazards and Accidents
Free on board. fp. Freezing point. fpm. Feet per minute. fps. Foot-pound-second
system of units; Foot-second; Foot per second (system). fpse. Foot-pound-second
electrostatic system. fpsm. Foot-pound-second electromagnetic system. FS.
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The Facts on File Dictionary of Space Technology, Revised ...
foot the system or changing the path of the optical axis. foot (symbol: ft) A unit of
length in the traditional (foot-pound-second [fps]), or English, unit system equal to
one-third of a yard. The foot is now defined as equal to 0.3048 meter. foot-pound
...
1 kilopond-meter (kp-m) 1 kilowatt-hour Force 1 dyne 1 foot-pound (ft-lb) 1 foot-
pound/second (ft-lb/s) 1 gram 1 kilogram-force (kg-f) 1 kilopond (kp) 1 poundal 1
pound-force (lb-f) 1 stone (weight) 1 ton (long) 1 ton (metric) Length 1 angstrom ...
Patrick Hannon, Kerry Knapp, 2006
