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Senefelder

American  
[zey-nuh-fel-der] / ˈzeɪ nəˌfɛl dər /

noun

  1. Aloys 1771–1834, German inventor of lithography.


Senefelder British  
/ ˈzenəˌfɛldə /

noun

  1. ( Johan Nepomuk Franz ) Aloys (ˈaloɪs). 1771–1834, German dramatist and engraver, born in Czechoslovakia, who invented (1796) lithography

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Early one morning last week a man approached a taxi driver in West Berlin and asked to be driven to the Senefelder Platz in the Soviet sector.

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At length, it occurred to Senefelder that he could get a transferable design on his stone without having to eat the stone away with acid.

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When Senefelder had established this in 1798 he had invented lithography.

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The King of Bavaria gave him a patent, but Senefelder decided to go after greater profits in London.

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Weber and Senefelder both laid claim to the invention of lithography, though it was merely an old German art revived.

From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Smiles, Samuel

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