To the right hon able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this

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To the right hon able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this

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. 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. Date 1791 June 20. 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. 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. Date 1791 June 20

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Blades Breaking Flax Hillsborough Method Mill Perspective Representing Rollers Scutching Wills

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