How long does it take to read The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid?
Euclid, Oliver Byrne, Werner Oechslin
The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid by Euclid, Oliver Byrne, Werner Oechslin takes about 4 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1847. 268 pages, about 73,700 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Geometry, History, Euclid's Elements, Study and teaching
