Device that breaks solid materials into smaller pieces by grinding, crushing, or cutting

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The labelled interior of a boiler room at a military hospital in St. Petersburg. Lithograph.

Two men walking near a mill; representing March. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

The Cathedral, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow: from File Mills. Line engraving by J. Swan after himself.

St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales. Coloured line engraving.

Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving by Cook.

Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving, 1737.

Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving.

An industrial mill representing the 'Penny magazine': Lord John Russell and Bishop Maltby feed it with liberalism and whiggism, Lord Brougham and Lord Spencer turn the crank handles, and Charles Knight feeds the resulting product to John Bull. Lithograph by R. Seymour, 1832.

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Mills and mill-work

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Images referencing Mills and mill-work

Works from the collections

Two men walking near a mill; representing March. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving, 1737.

An industrial mill representing the 'Penny magazine': Lord John Russell and Bishop Maltby feed it with liberalism and whiggism, Lord Brougham and Lord Spencer turn the crank handles, and Charles Knight feeds the resulting product to John Bull. Lithograph by R. Seymour, 1832.

Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving by Cook.

St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales. Coloured line engraving.

Mills and mill-work

Images from the collections

Images referencing Mills and mill-work

Works from the collections

Two men walking near a mill; representing March. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving, 1737.

An industrial mill representing the 'Penny magazine': Lord John Russell and Bishop Maltby feed it with liberalism and whiggism, Lord Brougham and Lord Spencer turn the crank handles, and Charles Knight feeds the resulting product to John Bull. Lithograph by R. Seymour, 1832.

Samuel Wood, a man whose shoulder and arm were torn off in an accident at a mill. Engraving by Cook.

St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales. Coloured line engraving.

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