Niepce

American  

[nyeps] / nyɛps /

noun

1. Joseph Nicéphore 1765–1833, French inventor.

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Niepce British  

/ njeps /

noun

1. Joseph-Nicéphore (jozɛfnisefor). 1765–1833, French inventor. He produced the first photographic image (1816) and the first permanent camera photograph (1826)

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Example Sentences

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

I did not think that I should dare to love you until that day when I overheard that old villain Niepce make his advances.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold

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

The two investigators laboured together in the production of their “heliographic pictures” from 1829 until the death of Niepce in 1833.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

She arose at six a.m., in the dark, and by seven-thirty M. Niepce and his friend had been served with breakfast, and much general work was already done.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold