It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Letters on Astronomy : in Which the Elements of the Science Are Familiarly Explained in Connection with Biographical Sketches of the Most Eminent Astronomers by Denison Olmsted
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Denison Olmsted (June 18, 1791-May 13, 1859) was an American physicist and astronomer. Professor Olmsted is credited with giving birth to meteor science after the 1833 Leonid meteor shower over North America spurred him to study this phenomenon. His first publication (1824-1825) was the Report of his geological survey of the state of North Carolina. It was followed by various text-books on natural philosophy and astronomy, but he is chiefly known to the scientific world for his observations on hail (1830), meteors and the aurora borealis.
Letters on Astronomy : in Which the Elements of the Science Are Familiarly Explained in Connection with Biographical Sketches of the Most Eminent Astronomers by Denison Olmsted is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.
This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Letters on Astronomy : in Which the Elements of the Science Are Familiarly Explained in Connection with Biographical Sketches of the Most Eminent Astronomers aloud.
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