How Long to Read The Sailor's Word

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sailor's Word?

It takes the average reader 13 hours and 36 minutes to read The Sailor's Word by William Henry Smyth

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

Description

Almost 800 pages . 12,764 Definitions. The Most Complete Reference of Its Kind It's one thing to compile a dictionary of nautical terms from the Age of Sail; but it's quite another when the people doing the compiling actually lived them. That is exactly the situation in The Sailor's Word. William Henry Smyth (1788-1865) was in the Royal Navy for over 25 years, rising from a ship's boy on a West India merchantman to a Royal Navy Admiral. In addition to commanding several Royal Navy ships, he became world famous as a hydrographer (some of his charts were still in use in the 1960's), and as an astronomer (he eventually became president of the Royal Astronomical Society). The last years of his life, however, were spent compiling The Sailor's Word from his vast storehouse of nautical experience; but he died before he could see it published. His family decided to go forth with the publication of his final work. Their selection of an editor couldn't have been better: Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877). Sir Edward was a Royal Navy officer with even more experience than Smyth. In his 40 years of service he captained numerous ships and generated a well-deserved reputation as a naval surveyor. His final command was of the unsuccessful expedition to find the missing and ill-fated explorer, Sir John Franklin. A cousin of Frederick Marryat, it can be plausibly argued that his novel, Horatio Howard Brenton, was the real model for C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower. If you want to understand modern nautical fiction, you have to understand the language they used and the way they actually used it-not the way you think they used it.

How long is The Sailor's Word?

The Sailor's Word by William Henry Smyth is 804 pages long, and a total of 204,216 words.

This makes it 271% the length of the average book. It also has 250% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sailor's Word Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 18 hours and 35 minutes to read The Sailor's Word aloud.

What Reading Level is The Sailor's Word?

The Sailor's Word is suitable for students ages 12 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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