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The Boy's Playbook of Science

The Boy's Playbook of Science by John Henry Pepper is available here as the complete text, split into 842 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Boy's Playbook of Science Including the Various Manipulations and Arrangements of Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus Required for the Successful Performance of Scientific Experiments in Illustration of the Elementary Branches of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy by John Henry Pepper. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #41839.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 31 chapters

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The Boy's Playbook of Science

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  1. Chapter I 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 112 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 73 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 106 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Experiment one is not indicated by a title heading 1 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Is this the complete text of The Boy's Playbook of Science?

Yes. All 4206 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #41839 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #41839, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Boy's Playbook of Science take to read?

About 350 minutes of reading across 842 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Chemical
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Philosophical
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Apparatus
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