Abraham Darby, in his later life called Abraham Darby the Elder, now sometimes known for convenience as Abraham Darby I (14 April 1677 – 5 May 1717, the...

Abraham Darby may refer to: Abraham Darby I (1678–1717) the first of several men of that name in an English Quaker family that played an important role...

Abraham Darby III (24 April 1750 – 1789) was an English ironmaster and Quaker. He was the third man of that name in several generations of an English...

Abraham Darby, in his lifetime called Abraham Darby the Younger, referred to for convenience as Abraham Darby II (12 May 1711 – 31 March 1763) was the...

parish called the Gorge. This is where iron ore was first smelted by Abraham Darby using easily mined "coking coal". The coal was drawn from drift mines...

Abraham Darby I (1678–1717), British ironmaster and pioneer of coke-fired smelting Abraham Darby II (1711–1763), British ironmaster, son of Abraham I...

the coals. In addition to Dutch ovens with three or four feet, which Abraham Darby I secured a patent in 1708 to produce, a commonly used cast-iron cooking...

what by the end of the 17th century was called pale ale. In 1709, Abraham Darby I established a coke-fired blast furnace to produce cast iron. Coke's...

work of Abraham Darby I who successfully used coke to smelt iron. Three successive generations of the same family all bearing the name Abraham Darby are renowned...

the town. The plans for the Iron Bridge were drawn up in Broseley. Abraham Darby I, who developed the process of smelting iron using coking coal, is buried...

Maria Sibylla Merian, German-born naturalist (born 1647) March 8 – Abraham Darby I, English ironmaster (born 1678) The Gentle Author (2011-07-02). "Thomas...

(equivalent to £372,000 to £496,000 in 2016), and Abraham Darby III, the grandson of Abraham Darby I and an ironmaster working at Coalbrookdale, was appointed...

introduced Abraham Darby I to the iron trade. The Coalbrookdale site is also home to Enginuity, an interactive design and technology centre and Darby Houses...

in a variety of industries. Two notable examples were Abraham Darby I and Edward Pease. Darby and his family played an important role in the British...

operate in much the same way as they did during medieval times. In 1709, Abraham Darby I established a coke-fired blast furnace to produce cast iron, replacing...

for Abraham Darby I and looks out over the Upper Furnace Pool whose outflow powered the blast furnace. His son Abraham Darby II married Abiah Darby and...

make a large investment in Abraham Darby I ironworks at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. With costs escalating, in April 1713 Darby mortgaged half of the Coalbrookdale...

forefather of the Industrial Revolution. Abraham Darby I was the first, and most famous, of three generations of the Darby family who played an important role...

Spiders by Martin Lister, the first book devoted to spiders. April 14 – Abraham Darby I, ironmaster (died 1717) July 16 – Jakob Hermann, mathematician (died...

electricity and other topics. January 10 – Industrial Revolution: Abraham Darby I successfully produces cast iron using coke fuel at his Coalbrookdale...

Anglican-turned-Roman Catholic clergyman and translator, died at Madeley. Abraham Darby I (1677–1717), pioneering ironmaster, was tenant at Madeley Court where...

after the Nine Years War, there was no demand for these. In 1707, Abraham Darby I patented a method of making cast iron pots. His pots were thinner and...

– Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859); Abraham Darby I (1678–1717); Abraham Darby II (1711–1763); Abraham Darby III (1750–1789); Robert Forester Mushet...

was mainly based on fossils and rock formations found at the site. Abraham Darby I, who was one of the fathers of the Industrial Revolution, was born...

John Nelson Darby (18 November 1800 – 29 April 1882) was an Anglo-Irish Bible teacher, one of the influential figures among the original Plymouth Brethren...

the emergence of industrial society. In 1709 the Birmingham-trained Abraham Darby I moved to Coalbrookdale in Shropshire and built the first blast furnace...

worked in Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, at the ironworks established by Abraham Darby I, and his brother Thomas worked at a forge in Bridgnorth in Shropshire...

000 Parisians die. Floating ice enters the North Sea. January 10 – Abraham Darby I successfully produces cast iron using coke fuel at his Coalbrookdale...

distill zinc metal from calamine using charcoal in a smelter. After Abraham Darby I had left the Bristol Brass Company to form his own new copper works...

French diplomat, member of the Académie française (b. 1645) March 8 – Abraham Darby I, English ironmaster, first of that name of three generations of a Quaker...