Note 261 — Chapter V · QUARRYING—STONE, MARBLE, ALABASTER, CHALK
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A fifteenth-century account for Launceston mentions the purchase of 'An iron tool for breaking stones in the quarry, called a polax, weighing 16½ lbs., and two new wedges weighing 10 lbs.'—Exch. K. R. Accts., 461, no. 13.