Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Earth / The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 / Braille

The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 ⠃⠗⠋ 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

238,757 braille cells · 254 embossed pages at 40×25 · 526 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.