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
Much study and experimentation were expended upon photochemical effects, especially with silver compounds, before Niepce developed a method of producing pictures which were subsequently unaffected by light.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh
The notion that light possesses a magnetizing power on steel was upset by Niepce de St. Victor in 1861.
M. Niepce in particular, though he sold goods to her at a special discount, suffered indignities.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
The first is entitled the Focus, a magazine issued by the Niepce Corresponding Club, and published by Sir Knight Arthur F. Atkinson, of Sacramento, California.
From Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 by Various
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