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Light Science for Leisure Hours ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠞⠕⠺⠁⠗⠙⠎⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠞⠓⠑⠽⠀⠁⠇⠗⠑⠁⠙⠽⠀⠎⠑⠑⠍⠑⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀
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⠎⠓⠕⠥⠇⠙⠀⠏⠥⠗⠎⠥⠑⠲⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠗⠑⠎⠥⠇⠞⠀⠺⠑⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠅⠝⠕⠺⠲⠀
⠠⠑⠝⠉⠅⠑⠀⠎⠓⠕⠺⠑⠙⠀⠉⠕⠝⠉⠇⠥⠎⠊⠧⠑⠇⠽⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠝⠑⠺⠇⠽⠤⠙⠊⠎⠉⠕⠧⠑⠗⠑⠙⠀⠉⠕⠍⠑⠞⠀⠞⠗⠁⠧⠑⠇⠎⠀⠊⠝⠀⠁⠀⠏⠁⠞⠓
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⠁⠇⠗⠑⠁⠙⠽⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠁⠏⠏⠑⠁⠗⠁⠝⠉⠑⠀⠎⠑⠧⠑⠗⠁⠇⠀
⠞⠊⠍⠑⠎⠀⠊⠝⠀⠕⠥⠗⠀⠝⠑⠊⠛⠓⠃⠕⠥⠗⠓⠕⠕⠙⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠋⠗⠕⠍⠀⠞⠓⠑
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⠞⠓⠊⠎⠂⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀⠋⠊⠗⠎⠞⠀⠝⠕⠞⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠁⠉⠓⠊⠑⠧⠑⠍⠑⠝⠞⠂⠀⠓⠁⠙
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⠏⠑⠗⠞⠥⠗⠃⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠀⠉⠁⠇⠉⠥⠇⠁⠞⠑⠙⠲⠀⠠⠊⠞⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀
⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠉⠕⠝⠋⠊⠙⠑⠝⠉⠑⠀⠑⠝⠛⠑⠝⠙⠑⠗⠑⠙⠀⠃⠽⠀⠞⠓⠊⠎⠀

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