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History of the Transformer ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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