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 prolific 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.
