The Mechanism of Life is part of the Natural History catalogue. The record identifies Butcher, William Deane, 1846-1919 [Translator], Leduc, Stéphane, 1853-1939 as the credited author and preserves a link to the source edition.

Edition profile

The extracted text contains approximately 54,066 words, corresponding to an estimated 236 minutes of reading, and is divided into 7 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 21.4 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.096. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

Catalog context

The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Life (Biology). Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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