poncelet
Sign in to saveThe poncelet (symbol p) is an obsolete unit of power, once used in France and replaced by (ch, metric horsepower). The unit was named after Jean-Victor Poncelet.
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It sits within the topics Metrication in France, Obsolete units of measurement and Units of power.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- gravitational metric system
- Named after
- Jean-Victor Poncelet
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- conversion to SI unit
- 980.665
- unit symbol
- p
- measured physical quantity
- power
- Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent
- wd:Q1768929 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)
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The poncelet (symbol p) is an obsolete unit of power, once used in France and replaced by (ch, metric horsepower). The unit was named after Jean-Victor Poncelet.
One poncelet is defined as the power required to raise a hundred-kilogram mass (quintal) at a velocity of one metre per second (100 kilogram-force·m/s). 1 p = 980.665 W = ch ≈ 1.315 hp (imperial horsepower)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “poncelet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.