Talk:Human power
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I don't like this merge of 2020 and think the windup radio should be split back into its own article. Other human-powered devices also have their own articles. Theosch (talk) 12:48, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
Mention of slaves
[edit]hi. FYI re "Ancient mariners" and "slaves" requires citation and seems inaccurate.
- I agree. Ancient Galley power was almost entirely by freemen and citizens, not slaves, but later the Barbary pirate states used slaves captured from European and American ships. I have redone the line in the article entirely. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:37, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
think that the cells are good thinks to have in are body because it is okay to have them\ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zion123457 (talk • contribs) 14:01, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
Possibly confusing title
[edit]Maybe the title of this article should be "Human physical power", or "Human muscle power", so that no confusion would be possible any more with that other (non physical) kind of human "power". VKing (talk) 14:07, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
- Right now it includes the use of body heat. It can be split off and the article renamed later when the article gets too big. –Temporal User (Talk) 04:23, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
- Human physical power has a long history not accounted for in this article. Manpower was used to operate machinery and lift heavy loads, etc. See the Category:Human power in Wikimedia Commons. Jim Derby (talk) 02:49, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
- I agree that "human power" is vaguer than necessary. 166.216.159.108 (talk) 03:13, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Power available
[edit]During a bicycle race, an elite cyclist can produce close to 400 watts of mechanical power over an hour and in short bursts over double that — 1000 to 1100 watts; modern racing bicycles have greater than 95% mechanical efficiency.
On a rowing erg, mechanical power is measured to the handle of the chain, the efficiency of the mechanism is not your problem. In this case, are we talking power to the road or power to the machine? The semicolon creates serious ambiguity here, because if power to the road, it runs contrary to many other sports. — MaxEnt 01:16, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
More examples of human-powered devices
[edit]Reel lawnmowers and Victrola-style crank phonographs are good examples. 166.216.159.108 (talk) 03:12, 6 November 2024 (UTC)