Braille Machine
Country
England
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Object detail
Description
Leather covered wooden box with hinged lid, steel lockable clasps with keys attached, large metal black painted "clip" attached with screws to inside of lid, spring activated. Contains removable metal braille machine with string woven "lifter" attached at back with nails.
Classification
COMMUNICATION Braille braille machine
DOCUMENTS Education braille board
DOCUMENTS Education braille board
Production place
Measurements
H156 x L385 x W238
Media/Materials description
Indeterminate (Woods)
Leather (Animal/Human Remains)
Steel (Metals - Ferrous)
Indeterminate (Cordage)
Leather (Animal/Human Remains)
Steel (Metals - Ferrous)
Indeterminate (Cordage)
History and use
This Pyke Glauser braille writer was supplied by the National Institute for the Blind to the Qld Braille Writing Association, most likely in the 1930s.
Braille writing dates from the Napoleonic wars of the early 1800s, when a system called night writing was developed to allow soldiers in Bonaparte’s French army to communicate safely at night. It was subsequently adapted by Frenchman Louis Braille into the alphabet used today.
By the late 1890s Queensland had its own Braille Writing Society, with the members transcribing books, often by hand. The need for services for the blind increased during and after World War 1 due to the number of returned servicemen who lost their sight as a result of their service.
Braille writing dates from the Napoleonic wars of the early 1800s, when a system called night writing was developed to allow soldiers in Bonaparte’s French army to communicate safely at night. It was subsequently adapted by Frenchman Louis Braille into the alphabet used today.
By the late 1890s Queensland had its own Braille Writing Society, with the members transcribing books, often by hand. The need for services for the blind increased during and after World War 1 due to the number of returned servicemen who lost their sight as a result of their service.
Registration number
H24034
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