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

From Time Magazine Archive

Almost without thinking, Senefelder wrote the list on a flat piece of limestone that had come from the quarries of Solnhofen.

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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 Samuel Smiles

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