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The Boy Electrician

The Boy Electrician by Alfred Powell Morgan is available here as the complete text, split into 818 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Boy Electrician by Alfred Powell Morgan. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63207.

23 chaptersComplete chronicle
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The Boy Electrician

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  1. Chapter I 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Miscellaneous Electrical Apparatus 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 148 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Magnets and Magnetism 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Static Electricity 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Cells and Batteries 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Electro-Magnetism and Magnetic Induction 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Electrical Measuring Instruments 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Bells, Alarms, and Annunciators 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Electric Telegraphs 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Microphones and Telephones 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Induction Coils 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Transformers 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Wireless Telegraphy 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII A Wireless Telephone 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Electric Motors 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Dynamos 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI An Electric Railway 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Miniature Lighting 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Miscellaneous Electrical Apparatus 57 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Yes. All 4088 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #63207 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #63207, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Boy Electrician take to read?

About 340 minutes of reading across 818 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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