Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Biology / A Historical Account of Useful Inventions and Scientific Discoveries / Braille

A Historical Account of Useful Inventions and Scientific Discoveries ⠃⠗⠋ 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

388,006 braille cells · 408 embossed pages at 40×25 · 295 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.