How long does it take to read The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy?
Sir Isaac Newton
The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Sir Isaac Newton takes about 9 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 21 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1687. 510 pages, about 140,250 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 104 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Mechanics, Dynamics of a particle, Gravitation, Tides, Double Refraction, Celestial mechanics
