Hedderwick Lime-Works. : The proprietor having erected a third draw-kiln, is now able to supply the public with any quantity of lime, to the extent of 400 bolls daily, of the very best quality, and the measures used are well known to be very large. ...
[Edinburgh?] : J. Watt, printer,
[1811?]
Caption title.
Dated at foot of sheet "Hedderwick, March 1, 1811.".
A boll, and old Scots term of dry volume, was equal to 4 firlots; a firlot equal to 4 pecks, each peck to 2 imperial gallons. The Scottish units were discontinued in theory following the Weights and Measures Act of 1824, although rural communities continued to use them for a number of years.
Hedderwick Limeworks.
Lime industry
Limekilns