Here I present: .Louis Braille (1809-1852), “Procedure for Writing Words, Music, and Plainsong in Dots”, 1829. CONTINUED.
INTRODUCTION.
Your “fingers” are channels of digital communications to the “Postcentral Gyrus” of your cerebral cortex. This area of the brain cerebrum senses “tactile information” from five (5) different types of “touch receptor” cells within the skin.
Louis Braille’s system is an early example of a “binary” representation of data – there are only two symbols (raised and flat), and yet combinations of them can be used to represent reference books and works of literature. Each character in braille is represented with a cell of 6 dots.
Solfège syllables (do, re, mi … etcetera) are basic to vocal-music, and Louis Braille’s system applied it in 1829 to lyric writing.
The International Telegraph Alphabet (shown BELOW) uses six (6) holes, the same as a Braille cell. Five (5) holes code binary data, and the sixth (6th) hole is for the “sprocket” to move the tape.
