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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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Senefelder was familiar with etching, but etching a whole script on copper plates would take too much time.

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Senefelder could now transfer his de sign to paper in a simple hand press, though the wetting and inking had to be repeated for each lithograph made.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1796, an imaginative Munich playwright named Alois Senefelder discovered that he could print from stone.

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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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Aloys Senefelder, the inventor of the art, has the direction of the works, with a well-merited pension, and the title of Inspector of Lithography.

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

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