1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VI.: Richard Robinson
From Graces Guide
54. ROBINSON, RICHARD, Belfast, Ireland — Inventor, Designer, and Manufacturer.
Flax seeding machine, intended as a substitute for the common process of beating off the seed vessels, or rippling them on an iron comb, and then breaking them to release the seed. These operations are performed at once by this machine. It may also be used for crushing linseed, corn, or beans for feeding.
Flax straw (Linum usitatissimum; Fr. Paille de lui; Ger. Flachstrop), grown in the county Down, Ireland, to show the application of the machine.