It takes the average reader 4 hours and 24 minutes to read John Herschel's Cape Voyage by Steven Ruskin
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In 1833 John Herschel sailed from London to Cape Town, southern Africa, to undertake (at his own expense) an astronomical exploration of the southern heavens, as well as a terrestrial exploration of the area around Cape Town. After his return to England in 1838, and as a result of his voyage, he was highly esteemed and became Britain's most recognized man of science. In 1847 his southern hemisphere astronomical observations were published as the Cape Results. The main argument of Ruskin's book is that Herschel's voyage and the publication of the Cape Results, in addition to their contemporary...
John Herschel's Cape Voyage by Steven Ruskin is 262 pages long, and a total of 66,024 words.
This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours to read John Herschel's Cape Voyage aloud.
John Herschel's Cape Voyage is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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