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Masters of space - Morse and the telegraph; Thompson and the cable; Bell and the telephone; Marconi and the wireless telegraph; Carty and the wireless telephone ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

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⠊⠝⠧⠊⠞⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠷⠀⠦⠀⠥⠝⠉⠇⠑⠲⠀⠠⠦⠀⠏⠕⠗⠞⠗⠁⠊⠞⠎⠀⠏⠗⠕⠧⠫
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