Library / Engineering & Technology / Mechanics of the Household / Braille
Mechanics of the Household ⠃⠗⠋ 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
783,821 braille cells · 825 embossed pages at 40×25 · 6,225 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.