artificers

• “The house had evidently belonged in those times to makers of halberds and battle-axes, armorers in short, artificers whose work was not injured by exposure to the open air; for it was impossible to see clearly within, unless the iron shutters were raised from each side of the building; where were also two doors, one on either side of the corner pillar, as may be seen in many shops at the corners of streets.”

  The Village Rector

• “Our two "artificers," Cecil and Grimers, had already arrived.”

  Adventures of a Despatch Rider

• “I took my seat among the "artificers," being of that order.”

  James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.

• “We have three hundred and thirty of these in our army, viz: two hundred and fifty enlisted "ordnance men," and eighty "artificers" attached to the regiments.”

  Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.

• “Franklin was the main organizer of the Library Company of Philadelphia, founded in 1731 by middle class "artificers," (craftsmen, like printers, and owners of small businesses).”

  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]

• “artificers;" there are also three hundred and sixty "ouvriers" and seventeen "armuriers" attached to the corps of artillery, making in all five hundred and thirty-eight.”

  Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.

• “He was to march out with five companies of the 1st Virginia and a company of artificers craftsmen from the 2nd that very day.”

  Simon & Schuster: George Washington’s First War

• “Of the wood of the kauila, inlaid with shell and ivory and bone with a cleverness that had died out among our artificers a century before.”

  SHIN-BONES

• “Our creative artificers presumably never read any of these sources -- nor beyond the first few chapters of my book, James the Brother of Jesus, Penguin, 1998 -- or they would have known better.”

  The Huffington Post: Robert Eisenman: The James Ossuary: Is It Authentic? (An Update)

• “Recommended if you have any interest in either of the countries involved, or in the 17th century, or in the escapades of scientists and artificers.”

  mrissa: Books read, late December

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