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Auroræ: Their Characters and Spectra ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠕⠝⠀⠀⠠⠏⠇⠁⠞⠑⠀⠠⠠⠊⠊⠊⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠊⠇⠇⠥⠎⠞⠗⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠒⠀
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⠍⠕⠎⠞⠀⠀⠍⠁⠛⠝⠊⠋⠊⠉⠑⠝⠞⠀⠉⠗⠊⠍⠎⠕⠝⠀⠠⠁⠥⠗⠕⠗⠁⠲⠀⠠⠁⠞⠀
⠁⠃⠕⠥⠞⠀⠁⠀⠟⠥⠁⠗⠞⠑⠗⠀⠞⠕⠀⠼⠋⠀⠠⠏⠲⠠⠍⠲⠀⠊⠞⠀
⠉⠕⠝⠎⠊⠎⠞⠑⠙⠀⠕⠋⠀⠀⠁⠀⠃⠗⠊⠇⠇⠊⠁⠝⠞⠀⠎⠞⠗⠑⠁⠍⠑⠗⠀
⠎⠓⠕⠕⠞⠊⠝⠛⠀⠥⠏⠀⠋⠗⠕⠍⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠝⠕⠗⠞⠓⠤⠺⠑⠎⠞⠑⠗⠝⠀
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⠍⠊⠝⠥⠞⠑⠎⠀⠑⠁⠗⠇⠊⠑⠗⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠎⠊⠙⠑⠝⠕⠞⠑⠒⠀⠠⠗⠑⠙⠀⠎⠑⠑⠝
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