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Milling machinery

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  • Farming: a threshing machine designed by Richard Hornsby mounted on a cart: cutaway side elevation, and details. Wood engraving after R. Hornsby, 1862.
  • Machinery: a steam-driven sugar mill. Coloured drawing, 1823 or 1855.
  • Five diagrams of a cider mill, cider press and water-wheel. Engraving, c. 1790 (?).
  • Two men perhaps milling foodstuffs in a vat with a millwheel driven by two oxen. Gouache drawing, 18--.
  • A cross-section through a mill which pulverises quinine bark, S. Spirito, Sassia hospital Rome, c. 1640. Coloured drawing by C. Rossi, 1930.
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    A cross-section through a mill which pulverises quinine bark, S. Spirito, Sassia hospital Rome, c. 1640. Coloured drawing by C. Rossi, 1930.

    Rossi, Carlo, active 1930. | Date: 1930 | Reference: 16021i
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    A wind-operated mill (top), and the same mill water-operated (below). Coloured aquatint by V. Raineri.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 45431i
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    A horse-drawn circular cider mill. Process print after a painting by E. Borough Johnson.

    Borough Johnson, Ernest, 1866- | Reference: 25762i
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    A man winding a large cider press. Engraving, late 18th century (?).

    | Reference: 25756i
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    Farming: six threshing machines, in side elevation. Engraving.

    | Reference: 493859i
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