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Horsepower is one of them. The Scottish engineer James Watt comes up with this unit of power. He invented that about 746 watts equals 1 horsepower. Derived from the strength of a horse, one might think. But no. It comes from a pony. And of the never-ending thirst for beer.\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E \u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csup\u003E\u003Cb\u003EText:\u003C/b\u003E Monika Jak. \u003Cb\u003EIllustration:\u003C/b\u003E Getty Images\u003C/sup\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E \u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe explanation begins in the copper and tin mines of Cornwall, in Southwest of England. At the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th century, the mine shafts were deepened in search of more raw materials.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome of them run far below the seabed. The water must be kept out of the corridors at all times. Hoisting the water out is first and foremost done by ponies. More precisely: Shetland ponies. 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