Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Engineering & Technology / A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World / Braille

A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

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

316,178 braille cells · 318 embossed pages at 40×25 · 2,571 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.