How long does it take to read Design of Machine Elements?
Design of Machine Elements by Virgil Moring Faires takes about 8 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 59 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1934. 490 pages, about 134,750 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Machine design
