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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 gave up playwriting to devote himself to his invention.

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Johann Nepomuk Franz Aloys Senefelder, born in 1771, was lithography's inventor.

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When Senefelder had established this in 1798 he had invented lithography.

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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.

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Senefelder, the inventor, was an actor, and the son of an actor.

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