ABSTRACT
The origins of lithography are perhaps surprising and, to some, perhaps surprisingly interesting. Milestones in its development include a powerful Chinese dynasty (Tang Dynasty) [1], a successful Austrian playwright (Alois Senefelder) [2], a prolic German artist (Godefroy Engelmann) [3], an experimental French photographer (Nicephore Niepce) [4], and more recently, the multibillion-dollar computer industry. Like many technologies, lithography had its beginnings out of the necessities of politics, was adopted by the creativity of artists, and has since become a process of unprecedented potential for the advancement of both commercial industries and multiple branches of science.
