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braille embossed printing for the blind, named after the inventor, Louis
Braille (1809–52).
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Past and Present Remembrances of Louis Braille
Magazine article from: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Louis Braille Celebration Susan Jay Spungin The braille code, created by Louis Braille (1809-1852), represents access to...amp; Blindness (JVIB) will celebrate Louis Braille's 200th birthday throughout the year...
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Louis Braille Bicentennial-Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act Introduced
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/28/2006; 700+ words
; ...R-Pa., has introduced the Louis Braille Bicentennial-Braille Literacy...mint coins in commemoration of Louis Braille. The bill, introduced on Feb...text of the legislation follows:Louis Braille Bicentennial-Braille Literacy...
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REP. REICHERT CO-SPONSORED BILL COMMEMORATING LOUIS BRAILLE BICENTENNIAL PASSES HOUSE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/1/2006; 590 words
; ...08) is a co-sponsor of the Louis Braille Bicentennial-Braille Literacy...mint coins in commemoration of Louis Braille. "When he was just a 12 year old student, Louis Braille created the Braille system, which...
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The dots of Louis Braille.
Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...the school library. And young Louis Braille, who had come to this strange...read, could read none of them. Louis Braille was only ten years old when he...hard work and determination, Louis Braille reached his goal. He became a...
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HOUSE PASSES REP. NEY LEGISLATION HONORING LOUIS BRAILLE, PROMOTING BRAILLE LITERACY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/28/2006; 700+ words
; ...literacy campaign by honoring Louis Braille with a commemorative coin to be...obstacles and achieve great things. Louis Braille did just that and hundreds of...Congressman Ney said today. "Honoring Louis Braille and promoting literacy for the...
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The magical dots of Louis Braille.(development of touch-writing system for the blind)
Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 7/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...the school library. And young Louis Braille, who had come to this strange...read, could read none of them. Louis Braille was only ten years old when he...hard work and determination, Louis Braille reached his goal. He became a...
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First US coin with readable Braille unveiled; silver dollar commemorating Louis Braille
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/2/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, the creator of the alphabet...revealed the design of the 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar in...the commemorative coin depicts Louis Braille with the word Liberty above it...
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AFB Celebrates 200 Years of Louis Braille
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 12/18/2008; 643 words
; ...celebrating the 200th anniversary of Louis Braille's birth. Braille was the Frenchman...with one's finger tip. Today, Louis Braille's code is used in practically...the world. To commemorate the Louis Braille Bicentennial, AFB is creating...
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AFB Celebrates 200 Years of Louis Braille.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 12/29/2008; 700+ words
; ...celebrating the 200th anniversary of Louis Braille's birth. Braille was the Frenchman...with one's finger tip. Today, Louis Braille's code is used in practically...the world. To commemorate the Louis Braille Bicentennial, AFB is creating...
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The dots of Louis Braille.(Biography)
Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the school library. And young Louis Braille, who had come to this strange...read, could read none of them. Louis Braille was only ten years old when he...hard work and determination, Louis Braille reached his goal. He became a...
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Braille, Louis
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Louis Braille Born: January 4, 1809Coupvray, FranceDied...French teacher and advocate for the blind Louis Braille designed the coding system, based on...read through touch. Childhood accident Louis Braille was born in Coupvray, France, on January...
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Louis Braille
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Louis Braille Louis Braille (1809-1852) designed the coding system, based on patterns of raised dots, by which the blind can read through touch. Braille designed a coding system, based on patterns of raised dots, which the blind could read...
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Braille Publication
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...the blind that was invented by Louis Braille in France in 1824. It gradually...few paragraphs of actual text. Louis Braille, born in 1809, was blinded in...write even a simple message. Louis Braille, introduced to night writing...
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Braille
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Braille System of reading and writing for the blind. It was invented by Louis Braille (1809–52), who lost his sight at the age of three. Braille was a scholar, and later a teacher...
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braille
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
braille embossed printing for the blind, named after the inventor, Louis Braille (1809–52).
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