Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Earth / The Natural History of Clay / Braille

The Natural History of Clay ⠃⠗⠋ 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

247,541 braille cells · 261 embossed pages at 40×25 · 913 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.