Abraham Darby II (1711-1763) was the second of that name of three generations of an English Quaker family that was key to the development of the Industrial Revolution. He followed in his father's footsteps at the foundry at Coalbrookdale. There, he refined techniques for producing wrought iron from pig iron and produced the iron for Thomas Newcomen's steam engines, replacing the more expensive brass cylinders. // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ... The Industrial Revolution was the major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labor to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Map sources for Coalbrookdale at grid reference SJ668047 Coalbrookdale, a settlement in Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, was one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. ... Wrought iron is a very pure form of commercial iron, having a very small carbon content. ... Pig iron is raw iron, the immediate product of smelting iron ore with coke and limestone in a blast furnace. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... Thomas Newcomen (baptized February 24, 1664 – August 5, 1729), blacksmith and inventor was born in Dartmouth, Devon, England. ... A steam engine is a heat engine that makes use of the thermal energy that exists in steam, converting it to mechanical work. ... Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. ...

See also

• Abraham Darby I
• Abraham Darby III

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External links

• The Darby family of inventors
• The Darby family
• The Darby dynasty
• The Coalbrookdale Company, with which the family was associated