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The Letter of Petrus Peregrinus on the Magnet, A.D. 1269 ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠑⠝⠛⠔⠑⠎⠀⠿⠀⠏⠗⠕⠚⠑⠉⠞⠬⠀⠌⠕⠝⠑⠎⠀⠯⠀⠋⠊⠗⠑⠤⠃⠁⠇⠇⠎⠀
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⠙⠑⠋⠔⠊⠞⠑⠀⠀⠐⠞⠲⠀⠠⠔⠀⠮⠀⠉⠳⠗⠎⠑⠀⠷⠀⠦⠀⠐⠺⠀⠕⠧⠻⠀⠮⠀⠝⠑⠺
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⠍⠕⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠊⠞⠎⠑⠇⠋⠀⠾⠀⠮⠀⠗⠑⠎⠥⠇⠞⠀⠞⠀⠓⠑⠀⠩⠪⠫⠂⠀⠁⠞⠀
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⠑⠧⠊⠙⠢⠞⠀⠎⠁⠞⠊⠎⠋⠁⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠂⠀⠓⠪⠀⠁⠀⠱⠑⠑⠇⠀⠍⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠃⠑⠀
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