Skip to content

Library / Engineering & Technology / Wrinkles in Electric Lighting / Braille

Wrinkles in Electric Lighting ⠃⠗⠋ 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

130,141 braille cells · 140 embossed pages at 40×25 · 995 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.