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Signalling across space without wires ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

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⠁⠝⠙⠀⠕⠉⠉⠁⠎⠊⠕⠝⠁⠇⠇⠽⠀⠧⠊⠕⠇⠑⠝⠞⠀⠑⠭⠉⠥⠗⠎⠊⠕⠝⠎⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙
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⠑⠭⠏⠑⠗⠊⠍⠑⠝⠞⠀⠋⠑⠁⠎⠊⠃⠇⠑⠲⠀⠠⠊⠀⠙⠕⠝⠄⠞⠀⠅⠝⠕⠺⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀
⠊⠞⠀⠍⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠏⠕⠎⠎⠊⠃⠇⠽⠀⠃⠑⠀⠎⠥⠉⠉⠑⠎⠎⠋⠥⠇
⠀⠊⠝⠀⠎⠕⠍⠑⠀⠊⠎⠕⠇⠁⠞⠑⠙⠀⠉⠕⠥⠝⠞⠗⠽⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠏⠇⠁⠉⠑⠆⠀
⠃⠥⠞⠀⠉⠇⠑⠁⠗⠇⠽⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠁⠗⠗⠁⠝⠛⠑⠍⠑⠝⠞⠀⠍⠥⠎⠞⠀⠃⠑⠀
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⠎⠥⠉⠉⠑⠑⠙⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠺⠑⠀⠉⠁⠝⠀⠑⠁⠎⠊⠇⠽⠀⠎⠑⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
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⠗⠁⠙⠊⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠀⠝⠕⠺⠂⠀⠧⠊⠵⠲⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀⠁⠀⠼⠑⠀⠊⠝⠲⠀⠎⠏⠓⠑⠗⠑
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⠁⠝⠙⠀⠎⠕⠍⠑⠀⠓⠑⠁⠧⠊⠇⠽⠀⠛⠊⠇⠙⠑⠙⠀⠏⠁⠏⠑⠗⠂⠀⠁⠎⠀⠺⠑⠇⠇⠀
⠁⠎⠀⠃⠽⠀⠼⠃⠚⠀⠕⠗⠀⠼⠉⠚⠀⠽⠁⠗⠙⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠎⠏⠁⠉⠑⠀⠀⠶⠠⠋⠊⠛⠲⠀
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