How Long to Read Fred Merrick White - The River of Death

How Long Does it Take to Read Fred Merrick White - The River of Death?

It takes the average reader and 59 minutes to read Fred Merrick White - The River of Death by Fred Merrick White

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Another in the "Doom of London" series, in which the author sounds a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great city. Here he relates a tale of environmental contamination leading to a medical panic. London in a year of severe drought; water level in the Thames river extremely low, blazing heat wave for 3 weeks in August; a Portuguese cargo ship sinks and contaminates a tributary of the Thames; 3 of the crew members are discovered to be dying of some disease; the local doctor is frightened by what he sees, calls the health authorities, who call for help from Professor Darbyshire, a scientist who deals with "fighting diseases in the bulk," someone we might call an environmental epidemiologist today; he investigates, then ... Darbyshire makes a hurried call asking his friend, Dr. Longdale, to come at once to his house where he has a small laboratory. "Darbyshire produced a phial of cloudy fluid, some of which he proceeded to lay on the glass of a powerful microscope. Longdale fairly staggered back from the eyepiece. "Bubonic! The water reeks with the........

How long is Fred Merrick White - The River of Death?

Fred Merrick White - The River of Death by Fred Merrick White is 58 pages long, and a total of 14,964 words.

This makes it 20% the length of the average book. It also has 18% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Fred Merrick White - The River of Death Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 21 minutes to read Fred Merrick White - The River of Death aloud.

What Reading Level is Fred Merrick White - The River of Death?

Fred Merrick White - The River of Death is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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