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A mill in Northern Ireland in which flax is processed to make linen: (right) the flax is broken between rotating rollers, then (left) scutched by blades on a rotating wheel; a woman with a child carries away bundles of flax. Coloured stipple engraving by W. Hincks, 1791.

Carpentry: a water-mill, used for pulling boats through a lock [?]. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

Carpentry: a water-driven saw-mill, short section and plan of the water-wheel mechanism. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

A young man working in a watermill holds a large flat basket of bran and gazes adoringly at a young woman as she measures out bran into a drum. Lithograph after Jules David.

Carpentry: a water-driven saw-mill, long section and plan. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.

Panorama of the river Thames and the buildings of the City, looking northwards beside London Bridge. Engraving by S. and N. Buck, 1749.

A wind-operated mill (top), and the same mill water-operated (below). Coloured aquatint by V. Raineri.

Fairmount Waterworks, Schuylkill River, Philadelphia. Coloured engraving by Ch. de Lalaisse after J. Noël.

Friar Bacon's Study, Oxford: by the river. Etching by B. Green.

Carpentry: a water-mill, mounted on a barge. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

Schuylkill Water Works, Philadelphia: panoramic view with the river. Coloured engraving by J.C. Armytage after W.H. Bartlett.

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A wind-operated mill (top), and the same mill water-operated (below). Coloured aquatint by V. Raineri.

Schuylkill Water Works, Philadelphia: panoramic view with the river. Coloured engraving by J.C. Armytage after W.H. Bartlett.

A young man working in a watermill holds a large flat basket of bran and gazes adoringly at a young woman as she measures out bran into a drum. Lithograph after Jules David.

Carpentry: a water-mill, mounted on a barge. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

Carpentry: a water-mill, mounted on a barge. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.