Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Biology / Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 / Braille

Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

202,096 braille cells · 213 embossed pages at 40×25 · 434 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠏⠳⠝⠙⠎⠀⠏⠗⠑⠎⠎⠥⠗⠑⠀⠁⠀⠀⠊⠝⠡⠀⠕⠗⠊⠋⠊⠉⠑⠀⠺⠀⠙⠊⠎⠡⠜⠛⠑⠀
⠼⠃⠂⠁⠋⠚⠀⠛⠁⠇⠇⠕⠝⠎⠀⠏⠻⠀⠓⠳⠗⠂⠀⠼⠃⠁⠂⠋⠚⠚⠀⠛⠁⠇⠇⠕⠝⠎⠀⠔
⠀⠼⠁⠚⠀⠓⠳⠗⠎⠂⠀⠕⠗⠀⠼⠋⠂⠙⠓⠚⠂⠚⠚⠚⠀⠛⠁⠇⠇⠕⠝⠎⠀⠔⠀⠼⠉⠚⠚⠀
⠙⠁⠽⠎⠂⠀⠱⠊⠡⠀⠁⠞⠀⠼⠃⠚⠀⠉⠢⠞⠎⠀⠏⠻⠀⠼⠁⠂⠚⠚⠚⠀⠛⠁⠇⠇⠕⠝⠎⠀
⠺⠳⠇⠙⠀⠁⠍⠳⠝⠞⠀⠞⠕⠀⠼⠁⠂⠃⠊⠋⠂⠀⠿⠀⠱⠊⠡⠀⠮⠽⠀⠁⠎⠎⠑⠎⠎⠀⠮⠀
⠗⠁⠞⠑⠀⠼⠉⠚⠚⠲⠀⠠⠋⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠷⠀⠱⠊⠡⠀⠠⠊⠀⠺⠳⠇⠙⠀⠉⠕⠝⠉⠇⠥⠙⠑
⠀⠞⠀⠮⠗⠑⠀⠍⠥⠌⠀⠃⠑⠀⠁⠀⠇⠁⠉⠅⠀⠷⠀⠓⠜⠍⠕⠝⠽⠀⠎⠕⠍⠑⠱⠻⠑⠀
⠃⠑⠞⠺⠑⠢⠀⠮⠀⠑⠝⠛⠔⠑⠻⠬⠀⠯⠀⠷⠋⠊⠉⠑⠀⠙⠑⠏⠜⠞⠍⠢⠞⠎⠲⠀⠀⠠⠊⠀
⠓⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀⠐⠎⠀⠑⠌⠊⠍⠁⠞⠑⠎⠀⠍⠽⠎⠑⠇⠋⠀⠿⠀⠺⠁⠞⠻⠀⠍⠕⠞⠕⠗⠎⠂
⠀⠃⠁⠎⠬⠀⠗⠁⠞⠑⠎⠀⠘⠥⠀⠮⠀⠝⠥⠍⠃⠻⠀⠷⠀⠓⠳⠗⠎⠀⠭⠀⠴⠀⠉⠇⠁⠊⠍⠫
⠀⠮⠀⠍⠕⠞⠕⠗⠎⠀⠺⠳⠇⠙⠀⠃⠑⠀⠔⠀⠥⠎⠑⠂⠀⠯⠀⠁⠋⠞⠻⠺⠜⠙⠀
⠎⠥⠏⠏⠇⠊⠫⠀⠮⠀⠎⠁⠍⠑⠀⠍⠕⠞⠕⠗⠎⠀⠃⠽⠀⠍⠑⠞⠻⠀
⠍⠑⠁⠎⠥⠗⠑⠍⠢⠞⠆⠀⠔⠀⠑⠀⠉⠁⠎⠑⠀⠋⠳⠝⠙⠀⠞⠀⠁⠞⠀⠇⠑⠁⠌⠀
⠞⠺⠊⠉⠑⠀⠵⠀⠍⠥⠡⠀⠺⠁⠞⠻⠀⠴⠀⠥⠎⠫⠀⠵⠀⠸⠓⠀⠃⠑⠢⠀⠑⠌⠊⠍⠁⠞⠫⠲
⠀⠠⠁⠇⠹⠳⠛⠓⠀⠑⠌⠊⠍⠁⠞⠑⠎⠀⠶⠀⠉⠜⠑⠋⠥⠇⠇⠽⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀⠘⠥⠀⠱⠁⠞
⠀⠴⠀⠃⠑⠇⠊⠑⠧⠫⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠀⠁⠀⠗⠑⠇⠊⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠃⠁⠎⠊⠎⠂⠀⠘⠮⠀
⠗⠑⠏⠑⠁⠞⠫⠀⠎⠊⠍⠊⠇⠜⠀⠗⠑⠎⠥⠇⠞⠎⠀⠓⠀⠇⠫⠀⠍⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠮⠀
⠉⠕⠝⠉⠇⠥⠎⠊⠕⠝⠀⠞⠀⠮⠀⠕⠝⠇⠽⠀⠺⠁⠽⠀⠞⠕⠀⠎⠥⠏⠏⠇⠽⠀⠍⠕⠞⠕⠗⠎
⠀⠊⠎⠀⠞⠕⠀⠍⠁⠅⠑⠀⠭⠀⠁⠝⠀⠕⠃⠚⠑⠉⠞⠀⠞⠕⠀⠮⠀⠥⠎⠻⠎⠀⠷⠀⠮⠍⠀
⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠀⠑⠉⠕⠝⠕⠍⠊⠉⠁⠇⠲⠀⠠⠔⠀⠕⠮⠗⠀⠺⠕⠗⠙⠎⠂⠀⠠⠊⠀
⠃⠑⠇⠊⠑⠧⠑⠀⠮⠀⠺⠁⠽⠀⠞⠕⠀⠎⠥⠏⠏⠇⠽⠀⠺⠁⠞⠻⠀⠍⠕⠞⠕⠗⠎⠀⠊⠎⠀
⠘⠥⠀⠁⠝⠀⠑⠌⠊⠍⠁⠞⠑⠀⠞⠀⠮⠽⠀⠺⠀⠗⠥⠝⠀⠼⠃⠙⠀⠓⠳⠗⠎⠀⠏⠻⠀⠙⠁⠽
⠀⠯⠀⠼⠉⠋⠑⠀⠙⠁⠽⠎⠀⠏⠻⠀⠽⠑⠜⠂⠀⠕⠗⠂⠀⠍⠀⠏⠗⠕⠏⠻⠇⠽⠀⠌⠊⠇⠇⠂
⠀⠎⠥⠏⠏⠇⠽⠀⠮⠍⠀⠕⠝⠇⠽⠀⠃⠽⠀⠍⠑⠞⠻⠀⠍⠑⠁⠎⠥⠗⠑⠍⠢⠞⠲⠀⠠⠁⠞⠀
⠁⠇⠇⠀⠑⠧⠢⠞⠎⠀⠹⠊⠎⠀⠊⠎⠀⠓⠢⠉⠑⠿⠹⠀⠍⠽⠀⠏⠕⠇⠊⠉⠽⠆⠀⠕⠗⠂⠀⠔

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.