"Who introduced the term ""horsepower"" in a scientific context?"
Horsepower Horsepower Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power (the rate at which work is done). There are many different standards and types of horsepower. Two common definitions being used today are the mechanical horsepower (or imperial horsepower), which is about 745.7 watts, and the metric horsepower, which is approximately 735.5 watts. The term was adopted in the late 18th century by Scottish engineer James Watt to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses. It was later expanded to include the output power of other types of piston engines, as well as turbines, electric
The Context Group reorganized in Portland, Oregon, as The Context Group, A Project on the Bible in its Social and Cultural Environment. Two seminal publications by founding members were Bruce J. Malina's "The New Testament World: Insights from Cultural Anthropology" (1981) and John H. Elliott's "Home for the Homeless: A Sociological Exegesis of 1 Peter" (1981). Elliott's "What is Social-Scientific Criticism of the Bible?" (1993) coined a new term for the group's methodology and provided a bibliographic survey. Other key figures who published on the subject during this era (all of whom eventually became part of the Context Group) include Dennis Duling, Philip