“*An executive officer will find it greatly to his interest to obtain, at almost any cost, a few good assistants. Besides getting a good master-at-arms, he should exert himself to procure a good painter, cooper, shoemaker, and most particularly a good fiddler.”
[Seamanship, Comp. from Various Authorities and Illustrated with Numerous Original and Selected Designs, for the Use of the United States Naval Academy, Luce, 1863]
Adm. Stephen Luce (1827 – 1917)


“†CÉLEUSTE (sé-leu-st'). s.m. Terme de la marine ancienne, Celui qui donnait les ordres aux matelots et aux rameurs.
        –ETYM. … Voy. CÉLEUSTIQUE.
†CÉLEUSTIQUE (sé-leu-sti-k'). s.f. Terme didactique. Art de transmittre les commandements au moyen d'instruments de musique. || Adj. Qui a raport à cet art.
        –ETYM. … , qui commande, de … commander.”
[Dictionnaire de la Langue Française, I-P, Littré, 1863]
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