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How Much Weight a Horse Can Move in One Second?

Ando was a Submariner serving in the Royal Navy. He now works as an engineer building guided missile systems for BAE Systems. A 75 horsepower wind, gusting for even a single second would be enough to move 18 tons,. Or the average hinder I-10, approximately 20 feet. This is from a single one second gust. From a nautical perspective, a 75 horsepower persistent wind would propel the average 17th century ship of the line at 1000 tons to the speed of sound in 33 seconds. Batten down the hatches might not quite cover it.

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