Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Education / Scientific American Supplement, No. 467, December 13, 1884 / Braille

Scientific American Supplement, No. 467, December 13, 1884 ⠃⠗⠋ 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

203,674 braille cells · 213 embossed pages at 40×25 · 689 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.