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Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠠⠠⠃⠊⠕⠛⠗⠁⠏⠓⠽⠲⠤⠤⠠⠓⠕⠝⠲⠀⠠⠓⠊⠗⠁⠍⠀
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