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Senefelder

American

[zey-nuh-fel-der] / ˈzeɪ nəˌfɛl dər /

noun

Aloys 1771–1834, German inventor of lithography.

Senefelder British

/ ˈzenəˌfɛldə /

noun

( Johan Nepomuk Franz ) Aloys (ˈaloɪs). 1771–1834, German dramatist and engraver, born in Czechoslovakia, who invented (1796) lithography

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The King of Bavaria gave him a patent, but Senefelder decided to go after greater profits in London.

From Time Magazine Archive

Early one morning last week a man approached a taxi driver in West Berlin and asked to be driven to the Senefelder Platz in the Soviet sector.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

It is an album of quite ancient lithographs, which was published at Berlin by Senefelder.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 by Various

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