Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 / Braille

Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 ⠃⠗⠋ 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.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

175,520 braille cells · 184 embossed pages at 40×25 · 466 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠱⠊⠡⠀⠉⠇⠕⠎⠫⠀⠁⠀⠉⠁⠧⠊⠞⠽⠀⠑⠝⠙⠬⠀⠔⠀⠁⠀⠍⠳⠹⠏⠊⠑⠉⠑⠲⠀⠀
⠠⠓⠑⠀⠁⠇⠎⠕⠀⠉⠕⠝⠌⠗⠥⠉⠞⠫⠀⠮⠀⠊⠝⠌⠗⠥⠍⠢⠞⠀⠱⠊⠡⠀⠊⠎⠀⠩⠪⠝
⠀⠔⠀⠠⠋⠊⠛⠲⠀⠼⠊⠂⠀⠯⠀⠱⠊⠡⠂⠀⠀⠓⠑⠀⠎⠁⠽⠎⠂⠀⠴⠀⠮⠀⠃⠑⠌⠀
⠊⠝⠌⠗⠥⠍⠢⠞⠀⠓⠑⠀⠸⠓⠀⠑⠧⠻⠀⠉⠕⠝⠌⠗⠥⠉⠞⠫⠲⠀⠠⠮⠀⠃⠕⠃⠃⠔⠀⠴
⠀⠀⠁⠀⠇⠜⠛⠑⠀⠐⠕⠂⠀⠯⠀⠴⠀⠏⠇⠁⠉⠫⠀⠔⠀⠁⠀⠎⠕⠁⠏⠃⠕⠭⠀⠷⠀
⠃⠕⠭⠺⠕⠕⠙⠂⠀⠾⠀⠍⠁⠛⠝⠑⠞⠀⠉⠕⠗⠑⠀⠯⠀⠀⠊⠗⠕⠝⠀
⠙⠊⠁⠏⠓⠗⠁⠛⠍⠲⠀⠠⠌⠊⠇⠇⠀⠎⠑⠑⠅⠬⠀⠛⠗⠑⠁⠞⠻⠀⠏⠻⠋⠑⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠂
⠀⠠⠍⠑⠥⠉⠉⠊⠂⠀⠔⠀⠼⠁⠓⠋⠑⠂⠀⠞⠗⠊⠫⠀⠀⠮⠀⠃⠢⠞⠀⠓⠕⠗⠎⠑⠩⠕⠑⠀
⠿⠍⠂⠀⠩⠪⠝⠀⠔⠀⠠⠋⠊⠛⠲⠀⠼⠁⠚⠂⠀⠃⠀⠋⠳⠝⠙⠀⠭⠀⠝⠕⠀
⠊⠍⠏⠗⠕⠧⠑⠍⠢⠞⠆⠀⠀⠯⠂⠀⠁⠇⠹⠳⠛⠓⠀⠓⠑⠀⠑⠭⠏⠻⠊⠍⠢⠞⠫⠀⠥⠏⠀
⠞⠕⠀⠮⠀⠽⠑⠜⠀⠼⠁⠓⠛⠁⠂⠀⠓⠑⠀⠴⠀⠝⠀⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠀⠕⠃⠞⠁⠔⠀
⠁⠝⠽⠀⠃⠑⠞⠞⠻⠀⠗⠑⠎⠥⠇⠞⠎⠀⠹⠁⠝⠀⠮⠀⠃⠑⠌⠀⠷⠀⠦⠀⠏⠗⠑⠧⠊⠳⠎⠀
⠊⠝⠌⠗⠥⠍⠢⠞⠎⠀⠸⠓⠀⠀⠛⠊⠧⠢⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠊⠇⠇⠥⠌⠗⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠒⠀
⠠⠠⠋⠊⠛⠲⠀⠼⠋⠲⠤⠤⠁⠓⠑⠋⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠱⠢⠀⠠⠍⠑⠥⠉⠉⠊⠀⠁⠗⠗⠊⠧⠫⠀
⠔⠀⠹⠊⠎⠀⠉⠳⠝⠞⠗⠽⠂⠀⠓⠑⠀⠸⠓⠀⠏⠗⠕⠏⠻⠞⠽⠀⠧⠁⠇⠥⠫⠀⠁⠞⠀
⠼⠃⠚⠂⠚⠚⠚⠂⠀⠀⠯⠀⠓⠑⠀⠑⠝⠞⠻⠫⠀⠊⠝⠞⠕⠀⠮⠀⠃⠗⠑⠺⠬⠀
⠃⠥⠎⠔⠑⠎⠎⠀⠯⠀⠊⠝⠞⠕⠀⠉⠯⠇⠑⠀⠍⠁⠅⠬⠂⠀⠃⠀⠓⠑⠀⠀
⠛⠗⠁⠙⠥⠁⠇⠇⠽⠀⠇⠕⠌⠀⠦⠀⠍⠕⠝⠑⠽⠂⠀⠥⠝⠞⠊⠇⠀⠔⠀⠼⠁⠓⠋⠓⠀⠓⠑⠀
⠋⠳⠝⠙⠀⠓⠊⠍⠎⠑⠇⠋⠀⠗⠫⠥⠉⠫⠀⠞⠕⠀⠀⠇⠊⠞⠞⠇⠑⠀⠕⠗⠀⠝⠕⠹⠬⠲⠀
⠠⠞⠕⠀⠁⠙⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠦⠀⠍⠊⠎⠻⠽⠂⠀⠓⠑⠀⠸⠓⠀⠮⠀⠍⠊⠎⠿⠞⠥⠝⠑⠀⠷⠀
⠃⠑⠬⠀⠀⠕⠝⠀⠮⠀⠠⠌⠁⠞⠢⠀⠠⠊⠎⠇⠯⠀⠋⠻⠗⠽⠃⠕⠁⠞⠀⠠⠺⠑⠌⠋⠊⠑⠇⠙
⠀⠱⠢⠀⠮⠀⠇⠁⠞⠞⠻⠄⠎⠀⠃⠕⠊⠇⠻⠀⠀⠑⠭⠏⠇⠕⠙⠫⠀⠾⠀⠎⠥⠡⠀
⠞⠻⠗⠊⠃⠇⠑⠀⠑⠋⠋⠑⠉⠞⠀⠔⠀⠼⠁⠓⠛⠁⠲⠀⠠⠓⠑⠀⠴⠀⠃⠁⠙⠇⠽⠀
⠎⠉⠁⠇⠙⠫⠂⠀⠯⠀⠿⠀⠀⠁⠀⠐⠞⠀⠦⠀⠇⠊⠋⠑⠀⠴⠀⠙⠑⠎⠏⠁⠊⠗⠫⠀⠷⠲⠀
⠠⠁⠋⠞⠻⠀⠓⠑⠀⠗⠑⠉⠕⠧⠻⠫⠀⠓⠑⠀⠋⠳⠝⠙⠀⠞⠀⠦⠀⠀⠺⠊⠋⠑⠂⠀⠔⠀⠸⠮

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.