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