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Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity

Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity by Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John is available here as the complete text, split into 287 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity Second Edition by Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44665.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 28 chapters

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Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity

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  1. Chapter I 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 21 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 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 3 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #44665, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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