It takes the average reader 1 hour and 12 minutes to read A Selection of Alternative Timbers by John Mortimer
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This booklet contains information on timbers of 20 species of temperate-grown trees. There is a description of the wood and its properties ie. grain and texture, density, strength, shrinkage, sawmilling, drying, durability and uses. Aids to successful processing are covered. Each species has appropriate photos. The list includes Australian blackwood, sycamore, chestnut, Lawson cypress, Japanase cedar, macrocarpa, black walnut, plane, Douglas fir, English oak, robinia, coast redwood, English elm and half a dozen eucalypts.
A Selection of Alternative Timbers by John Mortimer is 72 pages long, and a total of 18,144 words.
This makes it 24% the length of the average book. It also has 22% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 39 minutes to read A Selection of Alternative Timbers aloud.
A Selection of Alternative Timbers is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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