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Reading by touch : trials, battles, and discoveries / by Pamela Lorimer.

Title
Reading by touch : trials, battles, and discoveries / by Pamela Lorimer.
Author
Lorimer, Pamela
Publication
  • Baltimore, Md. : National Federation of the Blind, [2000]
  • ©2000

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Additional Authors
National Federation of the Blind, publisher.
Description
xx, 96 pages (large print); 28 cm
Subject
  • Blind > History
  • Braille > History
Note
  • Printed in large type, two columns per page.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-95).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Slow beginnings -- France: Valentin Haüy (1745-1822) -- France: Louis Braille (1809-1852) -- Britain: institutions -- Britain: codes and chaos (1818-1870) -- Britain: progress towards uniformity -- North America: institutions, codes and world Braille -- The Braille code: past, present, and future -- References.
OCLC
994007382
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library