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Niepce (French) [njeps] n (Biographies / Niepce, Joseph-Nicéphore (1765-1833) M, French, TECHNOLOGY: inventor, TECHNOLOGY: inventor) Joseph-Nicéphore (jozɛfnisefor). 1765-1833, French inventor. He produced the first photographic image (1816) and the first permanent camera photograph (1826) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Niepce, a Frenchman, discovered "actinism," that power in the sun's rays which produces a chemical effect; that granite rocks, and stone structures, and statues of metal "are all alike destructively acted upon during the hours of sunshine, and, but for provisions of Nature no less wonderful, would soon perish under the delicate touch of the most subtle of the agencies of the universe. |
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