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===Publications=== Braille produced several written works about braille and as general education for the blind. ''Method of Writing Words, Music, and Plainsong...'' (1829) was revised and republished in 1837;<ref name=AFBbooks>{{Cite web |url=http://www.afb.org/louisbraillemuseum/braillegallery.asp?FrameID=185 |title=Books in Braille |year=2013 |publisher=American Foundation for the Blind |website=Afb.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035512/http://www.afb.org/louisbraillemuseum/braillegallery.asp?FrameID=185 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> his mathematics guide, ''Little Synopsis of Arithmetic for Beginners'', entered use in 1838;<ref name=AFBbooks/> and his monograph ''New Method for Representing by Dots the Form of Letters, Maps, Geometric Figures, Musical Symbols, etc., for Use by the Blind'' was first published in 1839.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EarDmAEACAAJ |title=''Nouveau procede pour representer des points la forme meme des letters, les cartes de geographie, les figures de geometrie, les caracteres de musiques, etc., a l'usage des aveugles'' |author=Braille, Louis |year=1839 |publisher=Institution royale des jeunes aveugles |language=fr }}</ref> Many of Braille's original printed works remain available at the Braille birthplace museum in Coupvray.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/museo_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=M0373 |title=Maison Natale de Louis Braille |year=2013 |publisher=Culture-Acte 2 |website=Culturecommunication.gouv.fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630160325/http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/museo_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=M0373 |archive-date=30 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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