Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Physics / The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First Professors / Braille

The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First Professors ⠃⠗⠋ 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

758,866 braille cells · 789 embossed pages at 40×25 · 4,221 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.