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Page from Louis Braille's book "New Procedure for representing by means of dots the precise shape of letters, geographical maps, geometrical shapes, musical notes, etc., for use by the blind". [Nouveau procede pour representer des points la forme meme des letters, les cartes de geographie, les figures de geometrie, les caracteres de musiques, etc., a l'usage des aveugles]. The book explains his system whereby people who are blind can write letters that can be read by sighted people. This page lists the letters a-w and their number matrix equivalent. 1839.
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