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[[File:Joseph_Nicéphore_Niépce.jpg|thumb|Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.]]'''Joseph Nicéphore Niépce''' (French: [nisefɔʁ njɛps]; 7 March 1765 – 5 July 1833) was a French inventor | [[File:Joseph_Nicéphore_Niépce.jpg|thumb|Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.]]'''Joseph Nicéphore Niépce''' (French: [nisefɔʁ njɛps]; 7 March 1765 – 5 July 1833) was a French inventor who made pioneering contributions to photography. | ||
Niépce developed heliography, a technique he used to create the world's oldest surviving product of a photographic process: a print made from a photoengraved printing plate in 1825. | Niépce developed heliography, a technique he used to create the world's oldest surviving product of a photographic process: a print made from a photoengraved printing plate in 1825. | ||
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In 1826 or 1827, he used a primitive camera to produce the oldest surviving photograph of a real-world scene. | In 1826 or 1827, he used a primitive camera to produce the oldest surviving photograph of a real-world scene. | ||
Among Niépce's other inventions was the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, which he conceived, created, and developed with his older brother Claude. | Among Niépce's other inventions was the [[Pyréolophore (nonfiction)|Pyréolophore]], the world's first internal combustion engine, which he conceived, created, and developed with his older brother Claude. | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Light (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Pyréolophore (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links: | External links: | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce Nicéphore Niépce] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce Nicéphore Niépce] @ Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 20:07, 29 March 2019
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (French: [nisefɔʁ njɛps]; 7 March 1765 – 5 July 1833) was a French inventor who made pioneering contributions to photography.
Niépce developed heliography, a technique he used to create the world's oldest surviving product of a photographic process: a print made from a photoengraved printing plate in 1825.
In 1826 or 1827, he used a primitive camera to produce the oldest surviving photograph of a real-world scene.
Among Niépce's other inventions was the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, which he conceived, created, and developed with his older brother Claude.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Nicéphore Niépce @ Wikipedia