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Louis Braille, “Procedure for Writing Words, Music and Plainsong in Dots”, 1829. PART TWO (2).

Here I present: Louis Braille, “Procedure for Writing Words, Music and Plainsong in Dots”, 1829. PART TWO (2). INTRODUCTION. Tactile sensors in the skin are five (5): Meissner corpuscles Pacinian corpuscles Riffini corpuscles Merkel disks Free-Nerve endings These five (5) tactile sensors are shown in schematic diagram ABOVE.  Homunculus is a term for “inner man” by … Continue reading Louis Braille, “Procedure for Writing Words, Music and Plainsong in Dots”, 1829. PART TWO (2).

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Louis Braille (1809-1852), Procedure for Writing Words, Music, and Plainsong in Dots, 1829.

Harrison Horblit, 100 Books Famous in Science’, 1964. PART SIX (6) was the topic of an earlier blog post. Here I present: Louis Braille (1809-1852), “Procedure for Writing Words, Music, and Plainsong in Dots”, 1829. INTRODUCTION. Harrison Horblit gave an excellent list of one-hundred (100) books famous in science. However, the list contains no linguistic books. My opinion … Continue reading Louis Braille (1809-1852), Procedure for Writing Words, Music, and Plainsong in Dots, 1829.

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H. G. Wells (1866-1946), “The Country of the Blind”, 1904.

Oliver Sacks, “The Island of the Colorblind“, 1997 medical, nonfiction was the subject of an earlier blog post.  Similarly, here I present H. G. Wells, “The Country of the Blind”, 1904 which was a science fiction novel of a population composed entirely of  visually-blind people.  H. G. Wells, “The Invisible Man “, 1897 was an earlier … Continue reading H. G. Wells (1866-1946), “The Country of the Blind”, 1904.