Project Gutenberg 2012-10-03 Public domain in the USA. 182 Senefelder, Alois 1771 1834 Senefelder, Alloys Senefelder, Aloys Senefelder, Aloisius Senefelder, Johann Nepomuk Franz Alois Sennefelder, Alois Sennefelder, Johann Aloys Senfelder, Johann Aloys Muller, J. W. (Julius Washington) 1867 1930 Muller, Julius W. (Julius Washington) Muller, Julius Washington 11027557 The Invention of Lithography Produced by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Invention of Lithography" by Alois Senefelder is a historical account written in the early 19th century. It presents the life story of Alois Senefelder, who is recognized as the inventor and pioneer of lithography, detailing his journey through invention and experimentation. The work emphasizes the challenges he faced and the evolution of the lithographic process he developed, underscoring its significance in the art and printing world. The opening of the book introduces Senefelder’s background, revealing his early passions for the theatre and writing. It describes his gradual shift from aspiring playwright to a driven inventor, prompted by the need to print his works efficiently. Engaged in various failed attempts to print and driven by necessity, he eventually stumbles upon the technique for lithography through a series of personal experiments. The text sets the stage for his detailed explanations of the invention, its methodologies, and the trials he endured in pursuit of refining his groundbreaking printing process. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40924/40924-h/images/cover.jpg en Lithography NE Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society 572811 572821 2024-09-17T08:53:19.568855 2023-09-18T04:08:59.914291 text/html text/html 576327 2012-10-03T14:06:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 321991 2012-10-03T14:06:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 353943 2024-09-17T08:53:27.259827 application/epub+zip 359043 2024-09-17T08:53:20.876927 application/epub+zip 271242 2024-09-17T08:53:20.226909 application/epub+zip 528818 2024-09-17T08:53:32.267816 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 484735 2024-09-17T08:53:26.500851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397660 2022-09-18T17:29:35.799701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526391 526186 2024-09-17T08:53:18.589933 2023-09-18T04:08:59.041285 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 526187 2012-10-03T14:06:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 181451 2012-10-03T14:06:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 526215 2012-10-03T14:06:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 181408 2012-10-03T14:06:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20895 2024-09-17T08:53:32.425786 application/rdf+xml 14140 2024-09-17T08:53:20.334849 image/jpeg 2066 2024-09-17T08:53:20.280850 image/jpeg 322141 2024-09-17T08:53:19.628888 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog