Niepce
Americannoun
noun
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As they head toward Belle Isle he delivers a disquisition on the history of photography, how Nicephore Niepce invented it, and how Daguerre got all the credit.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
In 1829 M. Vincent Chevalier brought Niepce and Daguerre together, when they entered into partnership to prosecute the subject in common.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
She demanded thick clothes for the concierge's boy, and received boots from Chirac, gloves from Carlier, and a great overcoat from Niepce.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
Afterwards, p. 78came Nicephore Niepce, of Châlon sur Saône, who produced permanent light pictures in 1814, and he and Daguerre went into partnership in this matter, in 1829.
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by John Ashton
In 1829 he formed a partnership with Niepce, and together they labored to advance the art of photography.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy
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