mechaniciann.

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiij^v A Mechanicien, or a Mechanicall workman is he, whose skill is, without knowledge of Mathematicall demonstration, perfectly to worke and finishe any sensible worke, by the Mathematicien principall or deriuatiue, demonstrated or demonstrable.

1671 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) iii. 11 By frequenting the Shops and Work~houses of Mechanitians.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. ii. 123 I appeale to Painters, Mechanicians, Mathematitians.

1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 99 Monsieur du Son, that excellent Mechanican, doth also..employ himself in London, to bring Telescopes to perfection [printed perfectiou], by grinding Glasses of a Parabolical Figure.

1724 Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 279 It is known to all Mechanicians, that a Weight of one hundred Pounds at A, will keep in Æquilibrio a Weight of twenty five Pounds hanging at B, where it will have a Velocity four times greater than that of the Weight at A.

1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 187 There are even mechanicians in that kingdom [sc. France], who seriously doubt, whether the fire engine is anywise useful.

1819 Post Office London Directory 144 Wm. Hawks, Mechanician and Optician to their Majesties.

1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. i. v. 66 The mechanician upon whose skill the accuracy of a chronometer depends.

1915 N.Y. Tribune 8 May 9/1 Webster and his mechanician were up about seventy-five feet, when the motor developed trouble.

1930 J. Buchan Castle Gay (1932) xix. 368 In the little gallery the estate mechanician had that morning arranged a contrivance of bells.

1991 Soldier 28 Oct. 33/1 I have met a number of people who remustered, including a radio mechanician RN in Malta 1952.