To the right hon'able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate representing a perspective view of a scutch mill

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To the right hon'able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate representing a perspective view of a scutch mill, with the method of breaking the flax with groved [sic] rollers, and scutching it with blades fixt on a shaft, both turn'd by the main wheel; great improvements in the method of breaking and scutching of flax; is most respectfully dedicated by ... Wm. Hincks / Wm. Hincks, delin. et sculp.; Hincks, William, artist; Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793.; London : Publish'd as the Act directs, by R. Pollard, Spafields, 1791 June 20.; 1 print : engraving, hand-colored ; x 47 cm. (sheet); Print shows an interior view of a "scutch" mill where rollers and blades are used to break and beat flax in order to remove the woody fiber.

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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