It takes the average reader 4 hours and 28 minutes to read Roman Portable Sundials by Richard J. A. Talbert
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In an unscientific era when maps were rarities, how did ancient Romans envisage their far flung empire? This was done by various means for certain, including with the aid of an ingenious type of portable sundial that has barely attracted notice. As the Romans understood before the first century BCE, to track the passage of the sun across the sky hour-by-hour one needed to know one's latitude and the time of year, and that, furthermore, sundials did not have to be fixed objects. These portable instruments, crafted in bronze, were adjustable for the changes of latitude to be expected on long...
Roman Portable Sundials by Richard J. A. Talbert is 264 pages long, and a total of 67,056 words.
This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 6 minutes to read Roman Portable Sundials aloud.
Roman Portable Sundials is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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