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100 1  Moon, William, |d1818-1894. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr92041540
245 10 Reading for the blind / |cby W. Moon.
260    Brighton, Sussex, England : |bNational Institute for the Blind (Moon Branch) for Embossing and Circulating Books &c., for the Blind ;Philadelphia, PA : |bBible Society House, Pennsylvania Home Teaching Society and Free Circulating Library for the Blind, |c[not before 1882]
300    1 sheet ([1] p.) ; |c36 cm.
520    Printed and embossed on thick paper, the broadside spells out in raised letters the regular alphabet, the classified alphabet and the Lord's Prayer, and is an example of one of many educational aids and reading material published for the blind by William Moon.
545    William Moon (1818-1894) became totally blind at the age of 22, and went on to become an indefatigable campaigner for teaching the blind, and in particular those going blind later in life. He began teaching and in so doing devised a new system of printing in 1845 which was easier to learn than the Braille system, based on a simplified form of roman letters, embossed on paper. Profiting by his own knowledge of the normal alphabet he was able to devise characters based on it but simplified to facilitate touch reading. He adopted the return line system and added an embossed bracket at the end of each line leading to the line below.
500    The Pennsylvania Home Teaching Society and Free Circulating Library for the Blind was established in 1882.
561     |3Ex copy:On verso: Clara M. Newth (Personal copy) |5NjP
650  0 Blind |xPrinting and writing systems |vSpecimens.
650  4 Chron. |y1882-1899.
650  7 Blind |xPrinting and writing systems. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00834334
650  0 Braille. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008942
650  0 Blind |xBooks and reading. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014856
655  7 Specimens. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423861
655  7 Books for the visually impaired |2rbmscv
655  7 Broadsides. |2rbmscv
655  7 Books for the visually impaired. |2rbmscv
710 2  Royal National Institute for the Blind. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50069668
710 2  Pennsylvania Bible Society. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95020866
710 2  Pennsylvania Home Teaching Society and Free Circulating Library for the Blind. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006083871
730 0  Lord's prayer.
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