Lime is a fundamental component in many industrial, agricultural and chemical processes, and is itself produced by an industrial process, namely, the heating in kilns (calcining, or more colloquially ‘burning’) of calcium carbonate rock or other carbonate material. Research and literature on lime burning in Scotland, based largely on lime production in Scotland's eastern Central Belt, are dominated by the view that lime burning in draw kilns is the paradigm for Scottish lime production. Other parts of Scotland, however, largely or completely ignored, draw kilns in favour of simpler clamp kilns, even in major industrial sites of lime production. This paper reports our map- and field-based surveys in Scotland's western Central Belt, which clearly point to the enduring importance and almost exclusive use of clamp kilns in that area's historical lime-burning industry.

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在苏格兰中西部地区的钳式窑中烧石灰：原始工业还是简单但完全足够的技术？

石灰是许多工业、农业和化学过程中的基本成分，并且本身是通过工业过程生产的，即在窑中加热（煅烧，或更通俗地说“燃烧”）碳酸钙岩石或其他碳酸盐材料。苏格兰石灰燃烧的研究和文献主要基于苏格兰东部中央带的石灰生产，认为在拉窑中燃烧石灰是苏格兰石灰生产的范例。然而，苏格兰的其他地区在很大程度上或完全被忽视，即使在石灰生产的主要工业场所，也倾向于使用更简单的钳式窑。本文报告了我们在苏格兰西部中央地带进行的基于地图和实地的调查，这些调查清楚地表明了钳式窑在该地区的持久重要性和几乎独家使用”