John Henry dies after the contest with the steam engine due to physical exhaustion and overexertion. He pushed himself to the limit to prove that he was faster and stronger than the machine, ultimately sacrificing his own life in the process.
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James Watt did, when he needed to compare the power of his engines to the power a horse could output. 1 hp = 746 w John Sandy John SandyThe term horsepower was invented by James Watt, who used it to give coal miners an estimate of the power his steam engine could produce in terms of the number of horses it could replace in pulling coal bins.
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Because Cap'n Tommy doesn't think John Henry will win and pushes him.
Because he won a contest by picking a barrel up over his headIf your talking about the John Henry folktale guy,he's the strongest man because he beat a steam drill machine
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I believe you are referring to John Henry. The legend is found in a folk song. John Henry hammered a drill used to place dynamite. The company brought in a steam hammer and John Henry went up against it in a contest. He won, but died when his heart gave out.
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He beat a steam drill
This description matches the folk hero John Henry, known for his strength and the legendary competition against a steam-powered drill to prove human strength over machinery. Legends say he died after the contest, with a hammer in his hand.
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Henry is born into the world big and strong weighing 330 pounds. He grows to become the greatest "steel-driver" in the mid-century push to erect the railroads across the mountains to the West. When the owner of the railroad buys a steam-powered hammer to do the work of his mostly black driving crew, to save his job and the jobs of his men, John Henry challenges the owner to a contest: himself alone versus the steam hammer. John Henry beats the machine, but exhausted, collapses and dies.
Some character traits that John Henry had were strength and endurance. He was also hard-working, and stood up for his fellow workers. You could probably call that part loyalty. He was also fast, or he could never have kept up with the steam-powered machine.
John Schulyer did not invent the steam engine, but rather ordered it to pump water out of his copper mine. This engine and the crew that built it originate from london.
It was a race between John Henry and the steam powered hammer to see which could drill the most. John Henry used heavy two hammers in each hand and drilled two 7 ft. holes, while the steam powered hammer drilled one 9 ft. hole. John Henry won the competition.