Ted 's Home Page Gregory Yerxa's Home Page Eduardo Starling's Home Page from Brazil, News about the Central and South American Rowing Scene. People who row have some idea what a meter is and what a second is. A newton is the force required to accererate a 1 kilogram mass at a rate of 1 meter per second per second. Translating, this means 81.7 pounds. Horsepower A watt is a unit of power.
Power is the rate of delivery or consumption of energy.
In its most basic form it is the force required to accelerate one kilogram at a rate of one meter per second squared time one meter through which the force is applied divided by the time through which it is applied.