It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Practical Purposes by Scott B. Guthery
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Practical Purposes explores connections between what antebellum practitioners in Boston were reading and what they were building between 1827 and 1850. Along the way the book examines why some books on technical topics were preferred to others. Based on the books borrowed registers of the Boston Athenaeum, the book details reading in ten scientific and engineering fields including hydraulics, chemistry, mathematics, and geology.
Practical Purposes by Scott B. Guthery is 400 pages long, and a total of 100,000 words.
This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read Practical Purposes aloud.
Practical Purposes is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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