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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 ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.

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 ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.

To the right hon'able Lord Viscount Kingsborough, ... this plate representing a perspective view of a lapping room, with the measuring, crisping or folding the cloth in lengths, picking the laps or lengths, tying in the clips, acting by the mechanic power of the laver to press the cloth round & firm, and sealing it preparatory to its going to the Linen Hall; is ... inscribed by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.

To the right hon'able Lord Viscount Kingsborough, ... this plate representing a perspective view of a lapping room, with the measuring, crisping or folding the cloth in lengths, picking the laps or lengths, tying in the clips, acting by the mechanic power of the laver to press the cloth round & firm, and sealing it preparatory to its going to the Linen Hall; is ... inscribed by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.

To the right hon'able the Earl of Hertford, ... this plate representing winding, warping with a new improved warping mill, and weaving; is ... inscribed by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.

To the right hon'able the Earl of Hertford, ... this plate representing winding, warping with a new improved warping mill, and weaving; is ... inscribed by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.

To the right hon'able the Earl of Hertford, ... this plate representing winding, warping with a new improved warping mill, and weaving; is ... inscribed by ... Wm. Hincks / Wm. Hincks, delin. et sculp.

To the right hon'ble Lord Visc't. Kilwarlin and Fairford, and knight of the shire for the County of Downe; this perspective view of a bleach green taken in the County of Downe, shewing the methods of wet & dry bleaching, and the outside view of a bleach mill on the most approved construction; is ... dedicated by ... William Hincks William Hincks, delin. et sculp

To the right hon'able the Earl of Moira, this plate, taken on the spot in the County of Downe, representing spinning, reeling with the clock reel, and boiling the yarn; is most respectfully dedicated by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, del. et sculp.

To the right hon'ble Lord Bangor, this plate representing a complete perspective view of all the machinery of a bleach mill, upon the newest and most approved constructions, consisting of the wash mill, rubbing boards moved by a crank, and beetling engine for glazing the cloth, with a view of the boiling house; is most respectfully inscribed by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.

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Print shows an interior view of a mill where three men and a woman are engaged in washing, rubbing, glazing and boiling fabric.

Plate IX.

Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms.

First published 1782.

DCRM(G) example, 1A2.5, inclusion of non-title text inseparable from title

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textile machinery looms weaving ireland textile industry mills engravings british hand colored ballybay ireland right hon ble lord bangor ble lord bangor plate perspective view perspective view machinery bleach mill bleach mill constructions wash wash mill boards crank engine cloth house hincks delin sculp 1791 prints 18th century history of ireland william popular graphic arts william hincks right hon ble lord bangor ultra high resolution high resolution engraving library of congress
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01/01/1791
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Hincks, William, artist
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Ballybay (Ireland) ,  53.46667, -8.00000
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Library of Congress
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textile machinery looms weaving ireland textile industry mills engravings british hand colored ballybay ireland right hon ble lord bangor ble lord bangor plate perspective view perspective view machinery bleach mill bleach mill constructions wash wash mill boards crank engine cloth house hincks delin sculp 1791 prints 18th century history of ireland william popular graphic arts william hincks right hon ble lord bangor ultra high resolution high resolution engraving library of congress