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foot-pound force per second
Symbol:  ft-lbf/s 
Category:  Power (Heat flow) 
SI Equivalent:  1.35582 W
Dimension:  ML2T-3 
System:  UK, US, FPS 
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Power (Heat flow)
  Symbol Unit Name
1.35582×107  aW  abwatt (emu of power) 
4.62624  Btu (IT)/h  British thermal unit (IT) per hour 
7.7104×10-2  Btu (IT)/min  British thermal unit (IT) per minute 
1.28507×10-3  Btu (IT)/s  British thermal unit (IT) per second 
4.62934  Btu (therm.)/h  British thermal unit (therm.) per hour 
7.71557×10-2  Btu (therm.)/min  British thermal unit (therm.) per minute 
1.28593×10-3  Btu (therm.)/s  British thermal unit (therm.) per second 
1165.81  cal (IT)/h  calorie (IT) per hour 
19.4302  cal (IT)/min  calorie (IT) per minute 
0.323836  cal (IT)/s  calorie (IT) per second 
835.778  cal (therm.)/h  calorie (therm.) per hour 
19.4429  cal (therm.)/min  calorie (therm.) per minute 
0.324048  cal (therm.)/s  calorie (therm.) per second 
1.8434×10-3  cv, HP  cheval-vapeur (horsepower) 
1.35582×107  dyn-cm/s  dyne-centimeter per second 
1.35582×107  erg/s  erg per second 
3600  ft-lbf/h  foot-pound force per hour 
60  ft-lbf/min  foot-pound force per minute 
32.174  ft-pdl/s  foot-poundal per second 
1.81818×10-3  HP  horsepower (550 ft-lbf/s) 
1.38215×10-4  HP  horsepower (boiler) 
1.81818×10-3  BHP, hp  horsepower (British) 
1.8434×10-3  cv, HP  horsepower (cheval-vapeur) 
1.8434×10-3  HP  horsepower (metric) 
1.81735×10-3  HP  horsepower (water) 
0.138255  kgf-m/s  kilogram force-meter per second 
1.35582×10-3  kW  kilowatt 
1.38255×10-2    prony 
3.45634×10-4  CTR (UK)  ton (refrigeration, UK) 
3.85526×10-4  CTR (US)  ton (refrigeration, US) 
1.35582  VA  volt-ampere 
1.35582  W  watt 
1.35556  W  watt (int. mean) 
1.35559  W  watt (int. US) 
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