matthew balton, their steam engines began to be used in factories on the railways, the business flourished, by the way, it was james white who proposed such a unit of power as horsepower to show the work of how many horses can replace his steam machines, and 63 years after his death. in 1882, the british association of engineers proposed to name a unit of power in hell after him. on january 5, 1905, during the russo-japanese war, the fortress sport arthur capitulated 23,000 people, including the sick wounded, the entire garrison became prisoners of war, the defense of the port of arthur lasted 159 days. this is the longest battle of the russo-japanese war, it was here that many new types of weapons were used, rapid-fire howitzers, maximum machine guns, the fortress mortar was used for the first time, then as soon as it was built, it became the headquarters of the russian troops in northeast china, the pacific fleet was also located here. the decision to surrender the fortress was single-handedly taken by the general who commanded the garrison from the tessel council of the garrison, was ag