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by iwnit on February 14th, 2010
"Abraham Darby (14 April 1678 – 8 March 1717) was the first, and most famous, of three generations with that name in an English Quaker family that played an important role in the Industrial Revolution. He developed a method of producing high-grade iron in a blast furnace fuelled by coke rather than charcoal. This was a major step forward in the production of iron as a raw material for the Industrial Revolution."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Darby_I
"The ability to make effective use of Britain's iron ore is greatly enhanced by technical advances in the early 18th century, associated particularly with the Darby family. And the abundant supplies of coal become of crucial importance in the second half of the century when steam power is successively applied to every branch of industry thanks to the efforts of Watt and Boulton."
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http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa37#ixzz0fXaFBpAu
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