Call me Immature, but these words from medicine and related biological sciences set me giggling every time:
Angina (Especially "Acute Angina")
Mastication
Phagocyte
Enjoy them!
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Horsepower
Excerpt from the Big Book of Units and Unit definitions.
"Which brings us to the topic of horsepower. Horsepower shall be a measure of the rate of work accomplished over time, and shall be defined as equal to the effective power transfew of the average horse. Several points should be noted. 'Average horse' refers to an average of the power of all breeds considered as a variety of horse in the conventional sense. However in 1918 the animal rights movement resulted in the conclusion that it is not constitutional to prevent a donkey from being considered a 'horse'. Thus the unit of horsepower was changed in 1919 to reflect the new average. We must also considered the variety of situations in which the power of a horse can act. The horsepower is referred to as the power of a horse on level ground, at atmospheric pressure at 25 degrees celcius ambient temperature, with no wind present, and without any encouragement apart from a standard bale of hay (18kg 30 degrees celcius) placed a distance of 11 imperial feet from the horse at the time of testing. The variety of geometries of horse and the varieties of equipment that may be present on the horse means that to standardide the unit we conceptualise the 'ideal horse.' The ideal horse is an approximation to the average horse for use in measures of power, and refers to a perfectly spherical horse of mass 400 kg, density 1.167kg/L, and of uniform composition. The ideal horse will be approximated to consist entirely of water. The power of the ideal horse is referred to as the power of the 1919 standard with the compensations for the ideal state given by the ideal horse equation. The equation will not be stated here as it is beyond the scope of the book, including the evaluation of double integrals.
Given these basic principles the application of the standard unit of horsepower is both logical, useful, and simple."
"Which brings us to the topic of horsepower. Horsepower shall be a measure of the rate of work accomplished over time, and shall be defined as equal to the effective power transfew of the average horse. Several points should be noted. 'Average horse' refers to an average of the power of all breeds considered as a variety of horse in the conventional sense. However in 1918 the animal rights movement resulted in the conclusion that it is not constitutional to prevent a donkey from being considered a 'horse'. Thus the unit of horsepower was changed in 1919 to reflect the new average. We must also considered the variety of situations in which the power of a horse can act. The horsepower is referred to as the power of a horse on level ground, at atmospheric pressure at 25 degrees celcius ambient temperature, with no wind present, and without any encouragement apart from a standard bale of hay (18kg 30 degrees celcius) placed a distance of 11 imperial feet from the horse at the time of testing. The variety of geometries of horse and the varieties of equipment that may be present on the horse means that to standardide the unit we conceptualise the 'ideal horse.' The ideal horse is an approximation to the average horse for use in measures of power, and refers to a perfectly spherical horse of mass 400 kg, density 1.167kg/L, and of uniform composition. The ideal horse will be approximated to consist entirely of water. The power of the ideal horse is referred to as the power of the 1919 standard with the compensations for the ideal state given by the ideal horse equation. The equation will not be stated here as it is beyond the scope of the book, including the evaluation of double integrals.
Given these basic principles the application of the standard unit of horsepower is both logical, useful, and simple."
Sunday, September 03, 2006
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