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Despite his important role as inscriber of the grid, Randel, who lived from 1787 to 1865—a long life for that period—has been a historical shadow.

From Scientific American • Feb. 15, 2013

Here is no gentle romantic twirling a buttercup, no graceful inscriber of 365 inspirational prose poems.

From Time Magazine Archive

A story-teller, Excellence," replied the inscriber of his spoken word, with the concise manner of one who is not entirely grateful to another, "is one who tells stories.

From Kai Lung's Golden Hours by Bramah, Ernest

This is due to the inscriber having held his stylus somewhat askew, as we do a pen in ordinary writing.

From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Smiles, Samuel

Alas!" exclaimed Shan Tien bitterly, "among the innumerable drawbacks of an exacting position the enforced reliance upon an unusually inept and more than ordinarily self-opinionated inscriber of the spoken word is perhaps the most illimitable.

From Kai Lung's Golden Hours by Bramah, Ernest