Wills Hill,Earl of Hillsborough,Downshire

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
Title: 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.
Creator(s): Hincks, William, artist
Related Names:
Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793.
Date Created/Published: London : Publish'd as the Act directs, by R. Pollard, Spafields, 1791 June 20.
Summary: 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.
Notes:
Title from item.
Plate V.
Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms 'Perdeum et Ferrum Obtinui.'
First published 1782.
Subjects:
Mills--Ireland--1780-1790.
Machinery--Ireland--1780-1790.
Flax--Ireland--1780-1790.
Linen industry--Ireland--1780-1790.
Engravings--British--Hand-colored--1790-1800.
Bookmark /2003674102/
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