HORSE POWER

This term, as applied to steam engines, refers to the weight which they are capable of raising to a given height m a given time. Watt estimated a single horse power at 32,000 pounds avoirdupois lifted to the height of one foot per minute; this is, however, nearly double the work of a single horse as usually applied to raising weights. HORSE RADISH, the root of the Cochlear i a armor a cia, which when scraped is often eaten as a condiment and an ingredient in sauces, has a place in the Materia Medica as a stimulant, and a compound spirit and compound infusion are directed in the Pharjnacopceia: the latter very soon becomes putrid, and neither are useful. [s. 577]