Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Engineering & Technology / The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 / Braille

The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 ⠃⠗⠋ 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

785,214 braille cells · 828 embossed pages at 40×25 · 2,824 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.