Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Engineering & Technology / Records of a Family of Engineers / Braille

Records of a Family of Engineers ⠃⠗⠋ 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

318,496 braille cells · 328 embossed pages at 40×25 · 435 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.