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    (Difficult: 98%, Appropriate: 99%)
    Conventional Readability Formula
    Title Author Translator Born Died 90% 95% 98% 99% 99.5% 99.9% Word Count (Pages) Words per Sentence Syllables per Word Fog Index Flesch Reading Ease Flesch-Kincaid
    Details Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7 Kelly, Edward to Kite Various 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 22000 169040
    (422)    		 16.7 1.66 13.4 49.8 10.5
    Details On the origin of species Darwin, Charles 1809 1882 3000 4000 8000 10000 13000 21000 205539
    (513)    		 35.3 1.67 21.2 29.5 17.9
    Details Steam, Its Generation and Use Babcock & Wilcox Company 3000 4000 7000 10000 15000 20000 120558
    (301)    		 9.8 1.67 10.7 56.0 7.9
    Details Democracy in America — Volume 1 Tocqueville, Alexis de Reeve, Henry 1805 (1813) 1859 (1895) 3000 4000 6000 8000 11000 16000 188399
    (470)    		 33.7 1.67 21.0 31.4 17.3
    Details The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation 3000 4000 6000 10000 12000 19000 45835
    (114)    		 19.7 1.67 14.9 45.4 11.8
    Details The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624 Craven, Wesley Frank 1905 1981 3000 3000 5000 7000 9000 14000 20141
    (50)    		 29.4 1.67 19.4 36.0 15.5
    Details Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) Engel, Carl 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 22000 71969
    (179)    		 19.4 1.67 15.0 45.6 11.7
    Details Artistic Anatomy of Animals Cuyer, Édouard 5000 9000 16000 20000 22000 25000 90251
    (225)    		 23.8 1.67 17.0 41.5 13.4
    Details On the origin of species Darwin, Charles 1809 1882 3000 4000 8000 10000 12000 20000 153985
    (384)    		 29.6 1.67 18.8 35.7 15.6
    Details On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Fa Darwin, Charles 1809 1882 3000 4000 8000 10000 12000 20000 154299
    (385)    		 30.7 1.67 19.2 34.8 16.0
    Details Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation Thomssen, E. G. 4000 7000 14000 17000 18000 22000 59096
    (147)    		 9.9 1.67 10.7 55.9 7.9
    Details The Economic Consequences of the Peace Keynes, John Maynard 1883 1946 3000 3000 6000 9000 10000 16000 67762
    (169)    		 26.4 1.67 17.9 38.9 14.4
    Details Shepp's Photographs of the World Shepp, James W.Shepp, Daniel B. 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 26227
    (65)    		 25.1 1.67 16.9 40.3 13.9
    Details Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate Nevinson, John L. 3000 5000 11000 14000 18000 25000 9332
    (23)    		 20.1 1.67 14.7 45.4 11.9
    Details All About Coffee Ukers, William H. (William Harrison) 1873 1945 3000 5000 8000 12000 15000 22000 387030
    (967)    		 13.8 1.67 11.8 51.5 9.5
    Details The Anatomy of Melancholy Burton, Robert 1577 1640 4000 8000 14000 17000 20000 24000 513147
    (1282)    		 11.3 1.67 11.6 54.3 8.5
    Details Private Sex Advice to Women For Young Wives and those who Expect to be Married Armitage, R. B. 3000 4000 8000 10000 12000 17000 68583
    (171)    		 27.3 1.68 18.3 37.4 14.8
    Details A Short History of the World Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 22000 111386
    (278)    		 20.1 1.68 15.2 44.4 12.1
    Details The Dance (by An Antiquary) Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to Anonymous 3000 5000 10000 16000 18000 23000 9268
    (23)    		 12.3 1.68 11.9 52.0 9.1
    Details The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book 7000 16000 20000 22000 24000 25000 42736
    (106)    		 7.5 1.68 9.8 56.9 7.2
    Details Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Ellis, Havelock 1859 1939 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 162979
    (407)    		 21.7 1.68 15.6 42.9 12.7
    Details The Art of Politicks Bramston, James 1694 1744 4000 8000 12000 17000 20000 24000 10432
    (26)    		 16.9 1.68 13.6 47.7 10.8
    Details The Hindu-Arabic Numerals Karpinski, Louis Charles 1878 1956 3000 6000 11000 15000 18000 23000 45182
    (112)    		 11.6 1.69 11.9 51.6 8.9
    Details The Behavior of Crowds A Psychological Study Martin, Everett Dean 3000 4000 7000 8000 10000 15000 70365
    (175)    		 18.9 1.69 14.8 44.7 11.7
    Details Leonardo da Vinci A Psychosexual Study of an Infantile Reminiscence Freud, Sigmund Brill, A. A. (Abraham Arden) 1856 (1874) 1939 (1948) 3000 4000 8000 11000 12000 18000 23520
    (58)    		 26.4 1.69 18.2 37.1 14.6
    Details The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Nuttall, P. Austin 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 22000 758344
    (1895)    		 30.7 1.69 19.4 32.9 16.3
    Details The Federalist Papers Hamilton, Alexander 1757 1804 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 191873
    (479)    		 31.9 1.69 20.8 31.4 16.8
    Details Moral Principles in Education Dewey, John 1859 1952 3000 3000 4000 6000 7000 12000 10720
    (26)    		 22.1 1.69 16.1 41.4 13.0
    Details A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Lee, Sidney, Sir 1859 1926 3000 6000 9000 11000 14000 20000 132934
    (332)    		 20.0 1.69 15.5 43.2 12.2
    Details First Lessons in Geography Or, Introduction to Youth's Manual of Geography Monteith, James 2000 3000 6000 7000 10000 17000 5269
    (13)    		 3.1 1.69 7.6 60.8 5.5
    Details Surgical Anatomy Maclise, Joseph 5000 10000 16000 20000 22000 25000 106499
    (266)    		 18.9 1.7 15.7 43.8 11.9
    Details The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Com Foreman, John, F.R.G.S. 3000 5000 9000 11000 14000 21000 303152
    (757)    		 22.2 1.7 16.6 40.5 13.1
    Details Ossian in Germany Bibliography, General Survey, Ossian's Influence upon Klopstoc Tombo, Rudolf 1875 1914 3000 7000 11000 15000 16000 23000 48589
    (121)    		 5.9 1.7 9.7 56.9 6.8
    Details The Frontier in American History Turner, Frederick Jackson 1861 1932 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 112204
    (280)    		 24.6 1.7 17.3 38.2 14.0
    Details A Text-Book of the History of Painting Van Dyke, John Charles 1856 1932 3000 5000 8000 11000 15000 23000 70887
    (177)    		 14.4 1.71 12.8 47.9 10.2
    Details The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplifi Pierce, Ray Vaughn 1840 1914 4000 6000 10000 14000 16000 21000 381700
    (954)    		 16.9 1.71 14.4 45.3 11.1
    Details Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenome Ellis, Havelock 1859 1939 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 133904
    (334)    		 23.8 1.71 17.1 38.2 13.8
    Details The Invention of the Sewing Machine Cooper, Grace Rogers 3000 4000 6000 10000 14000 22000 44774
    (111)    		 10.5 1.71 10.8 51.1 8.8
    Details Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of Schlebecker, John T. 4000 6000 9000 11000 13000 18000 22455
    (56)    		 7.1 1.71 9.7 54.7 7.4
    Details New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in Cotter, John L.Hudson, J. Paul 4000 6000 9000 12000 17000 23000 15759
    (39)    		 19.1 1.71 15.1 42.4 12.1
    Details Defenders of Democracy Anonymous 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 17000 12711
    (31)    		 5.7 1.71 9.4 56.4 6.8
    Details Essays in Experimental Logic Dewey, John 1859 1952 3000 3000 6000 7000 9000 15000 107047
    (267)    		 25.9 1.71 18.1 36.3 14.6
    Details History of the United States Beard, Mary Ritter 1876 1958 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 199929
    (499)    		 18.8 1.71 15.4 42.7 12.0
    Details The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America United States 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 17000 1478
    (3)    		 39.9 1.71 24.3 21.5 20.2
    Details An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Hume, David 1711 1776 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 19000 48155
    (120)    		 31.1 1.71 20.6 30.5 16.7
    Details The Critique of Pure Reason Kant, Immanuel Meiklejohn, J. M. D. (John Miller Dow) 1724 (1830) 1804 (1902) 3000 4000 7000 10000 15000 18000 206467
    (516)    		 35.8 1.72 22.9 24.9 18.7
    Details Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 Contribut Anonymous 3000 5000 8000 12000 16000 22000 132745
    (331)    		 17.9 1.72 15.0 42.8 11.7
    Details Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Marx, Karl 1818 1883 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 18000 39830
    (99)    		 30.8 1.72 20.5 29.7 16.8
    Details The Life of Reason The Phases of Human Progress Santayana, George 1863 1952 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 19000 317310
    (793)    		 29.2 1.72 19.8 31.8 16.1
    Details History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Gibbon, Edward 1737 1794 4000 6000 9000 13000 16000 21000 256688
    (641)    		 18.6 1.72 15.8 42.3 12.0

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    Some of the born/died information of the authors and the translators of the wource data, catalog.rdf provided by the Project Gutenberg, have interrogation marks, which were stripped off in the table of this website for ease of processing the data.
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    The "Pages" shown in the parentheses at the "Word Count" are the results of the division of the "Word Count" by 400, where this website assumes a page of a book includes 400 words.