A  Science and Technology Odyssey In Cyberspace-Time 
20000 BC to 1800 AD
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20000BC-301BC

300BC-1499AD

1500 - 1699

1700 - 1800

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Wrought Iron

"Wrought iron was first produced around 1750 when Abraham Darby II (1711-1763) solved the problem of making a suitable pig iron using a coke furnace. His father Abraham Darby I (1677-1717) had developed the first coke furnace at Coalbrookdale in 1709 but the molten metal produced was poured into sand moulds to make cast-iron goods.
The process of making wrought iron was complex, time consuming and it required a highly skilled workforce" from Wrought Iron

 

 

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