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	Abraham Darby
		In 1709 he was the first to use coke successfully in the smelting of iron in his works at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire.
		Abraham Darby (1711-1763) was an English iron-master whose foundry at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire produced the iron for Thomas Newcomen's steam engines.
		Abraham Darby (1750-1791) was an English iron-master who improved the art of iron-smelting.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ab/Abraham_Darby.html (85 words)

	Abraham Darby Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Abraham Darby was born near Dudley, Worcestershire, England in 1677.
		The young Darby, son of a tenant farmer, was apprenticed to a malt-mill maker in Birmingham.
		Darby was intrigued with the possibility of using coke to smelt iron.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/abraham-darby (760 words)

	Abraham Darby - the Iron-founders
		Abraham Darby I was born near Dudley in Worcestershire about 1678, the son of a Quaker farmer.
		Abraham Derby I died in 1717, aged about 39, and his son Abraham II, who was born in 1711, was only 52 when he died.
		Darby's Coalbrookdale works experimented with Cort's system without adopting it, but they were achieving a national reputation for excellence, and produced many cast-iron boilers for Newcomen steam engines, which were in big demand for draining mines.
	www.cottontimes.co.uk /darbyo.htm (949 words)

	Some Abraham Darby companies 1717 – 1784
		Darby’s achievement in mastering the coke smelting process enabled this small valley in Shropshire to become the cradle of the world’s industrial revolution.
		Abraham Darby died in 1717, not yet 40, intestate and leaving a widow and a family of young children of whom the eldest boy Abraham II was aged only 6.
		Abraham Darby’s move from Bristol to Coalbrookdale in 1709 brought him within 17 miles of Dudley (his own birthplace) where Thomas Newcomen was struggling to perfect the world’s first cylinder-and-piston steam engine.
	www.booneshares.com /SomeAbrahamDarbycompanies.htm (1160 words)

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		Abraham Darby clearly wishes to be free of his commitment to build an iron bridge and the committee agree to release him.
		Abraham’s future and that of his descendants is in the hands of God who is at work in his life by virtue of his all-powerful might and his gratuitous goodness.
		Abraham was initially listed as probable to start the week after missing his fifth straight game with the injury.
	www.lycos.com /info/abraham--pro-bowl.html (582 words)

	Abraham Darby
		Abraham Darby (the Grandfather of the famous bridge builder) was born in 1678 at Wrens Nest in the hamlet of Woodsetton in the Parish of Sedgley, Staffordshire, son of John and Ann Darby.
		Abraham Darby II left provision for a piece of land in Coalbrookdale "inclosed by a brick wall.....for a burial place for such Friends who shall choose to be buried there....." and he was the first to be interred here in 1763.
		The first Abraham Darby was buried in Broseley in 1717.
	www.sedgleymanor.com /people/abraham_darby.html (812 words)

	Abraham Darby Rose, Picture and Description from the Garden Mob.
		Abraham Darby' is one of the most widely grown David Austin roses, and with good reason.
		'Abraham Darby' is a shrub with classic flowers that also has the desired qualities of wonderful fragrance, excellent re-bloom, strong growth and disease resistance.
		Abraham Darby was one of the founders of the Industrial Revolution.
	www.gardenmob.com /AbrahamDarby.htm (183 words)

	Dud Dudley & Abraham Darby: Forging New Links
		Abraham Darby was born to a Sedgley Quaker family in 1678 - six years before Dud Dudley died in Worcester.
		Abraham Darby's grandfather, John Snr., did not die until 1700, by which time Abraham was already married and setting himself up in Bristol.
		Abraham's father, John Darby Jnr., joined his son's household at Madeley in Shropshire, once Abraham was overseeing his new works at Coalbrookdale, and John actually outlived him by some eight years, dying in 1725.
	www.blackcountrysociety.co.uk /articles/duddudley.htm (2528 words)

	Abraham Darby I 1678 - 1717
		Abraham Darby made scientific and industrial advances of such importance that he is directly responsible for the way we all live today.
		Darby's successful experiments in using coal as a substitute for charcoal was a major factor in the future success of the British Industrial Revolution.
		Darby made significant advances in furnace design which were a result of his cross-over working in the fields of both Iron and Brass Manufacture.
	www.cems.uwe.ac.uk /~rstephen/livingeaston/local_history/Darby.html (774 words)

	Abraham Darby I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The son of John and Ann Darby, he was born at Wrens Nest, Woodsetton near Sedgley, Staffordshire; just across the county boundary from Dudley.
		Darby was apprenticed in Birmingham to a malt mill maker, and then moved to Bristol where he became a partner in the Baptist Mills Brass Works.
		It was later learned that Darby's coal supply, from Cumbria, just happened to have a lower than normal sulfur content, which was key to producing quality iron.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abraham_Darby_I (551 words)

	Abraham Darby Biography \| scit_0412345_package.xml
		Though his name is far from a household word, Abraham Darby can be considered one of the individuals most responsible for the explosive growth of the iron industry—and thus for the success of the Industrial Revolution.
		News of the Darby process was slow to catch on, but in time the inventor Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) placed a large order for multi-ton cylinders to go in his steam-powered mine-pumping engines.
		Darby died on March 8, 1717, before he was even 40 years old.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/abraham-darby-scit-0412345 (323 words)

	California Gardens - David Austin Roses - Abraham Darby
		The Abraham Darby Rose has long arching canes and pink flowers with a touch of yellow in the center.
		I prune Abraham Darby as I would a climber and the rose has responded well by throwing out several new long canes each year.
		The parents of Abraham Darby are 'Yellow Cushion' and 'Aloha'.
	www.californiagardens.com /Plant_Pages/Roses/abraham_darby.htm (83 words)

	Abraham Darby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Abraham Darby is one of the nicest of David Austin's apricot coloured roses.
		In the past I would have chosen this rose over Evelyn for perfection of bloom and scent, but I now appreciate them both for their inherent qualities.
		Abraham Darby is a strong, generally disease resistant plant that will shoot up to 5 feet or more quite quickly, and so it can be trained as a climber.
	www.rdrop.com /~paul/austins/darby.html (304 words)

	Amazon.com: "Abraham Darby": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Abraham Darby, the first of a succession of iron manufacturers who bore the same name, was the son of a farmer residing...
		109 Abraham Darby, thf first -of a succession of iron man- ufacturers who bore the same name, was the son of a farmer...
		Mineral coal in the form of coke began to be used in blast furnaces from 1709 onwards, after Abraham Darby's famous experiments at Coalbrookdale.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Abraham-Darby (563 words)

	Rose: Abraham Darby®
		Bred in United Kingdom (1985) by David Austin.
		Abraham Darby was found to be winter hardy.
		Tip: because the flowers of Abraham Darby tend to bow their heads, this is a good rose for training on some sort of garden structure...
	www.helpmefind.com /rose/pl.php?n=21 (136 words)

	Abraham Darby Rose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Abraham Darby is a David Austin English rose which has been around for a while now.
		The those three originals were shifted last year to an open sunny place in the Willow Tree Garden by the water race.
		Abraham Darby grows large in New Zealand, and could easily use some support.
	www.mooseyscountrygarden.com /rose-garden/abraham-darby-rose.html (128 words)

	Abraham Darby II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abraham Darby II (1711 – 1763) was the second Abraham Darby in three generations of an English Quaker family that was key in the development of the Industrial Revolution.
		He followed in his father's footsteps at the Darby foundry in Coalbrookdale, refining techniques for producing wrought iron from pig iron and producing the iron to replace the more expensive brass cylinders used in Thomas Newcomen's steam engines.
		The Coalbrookdale Company, with which the family was associated
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abraham_Darby_II (124 words)

	www.myspace.com/abdabshowband
		People who go to Abraham Darby School, Telford and former pupils who went to Abraham Darby and are currently in Sixth Form.
		This Band is the show piece Concert Wind Band under the guidance of its Musical Director Mr Simon Platford, the Director of Performing Arts at the school.
		Picture of The Abraham Darby Showband at Royal Albert Hall, Wednesday 9th November 2005, playing Global Variations on the final Night of The School Proms.
	www.myspace.com /abdabshowband (395 words)

	Abraham Darby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Abraham Darby was purchased to fill in a hole in the backyard rose garden that has been empty since Golden Showers deprived L.D. Braithwaite of light and then itself passed on.
		The spot now gets good afternoon light and this English rose always gets good reviews so hopefully it will do well in with the rest of the English roses.
		It's the last day of May and as you can see, Abraham Darby is leafing out and doing quite well.
	roses.toytrains1.com /abraham_darby.htm (80 words)

	Abraham Darby
		The Name of the Rose - Abraham Darby (1678-1717) was one of the pioneers of the English Revolution.
		He invented coke smelting and advanced the mass production of brass and iron goods.
		Rust has also been reported but this is usually a problem in the west and midwestern states.
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		Abraham Darby Specialist School for the Performing Arts
		The School is situated approximately one mile from the world famous Ironbridge which was built in 1779 by Abraham Darby III, whom the school is named after.
		The school has had a very successful music tradition, which goes back many years and has become one of the countries best comprehensive school for musical opportunity for its pupils and has gained a high reputation within the
	www.abrahamdarbymusic.co.uk (363 words)

	Acorns to Oaktrees » Blog Archive » Abraham Darby & Purple Tiger
		Abraham Darby is an English rose from David Austin.
		In my USDA 9, Sunset 14 garden, it blooms all year round and doesn’t seem to be bothered by the heat or any pests.
		Tags: abraham darby, flowers, gardening, purple tiger, roses
	www.oaktrees.org /blog/?p=1691 (260 words)

	Abraham Darby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		I bought Abraham Darby at Home Depot in Las Vegas, NV.
		Flowers are large and deeply cupped in true old rose form.
		January 2006- Abraham Darby got tall and wide last year and when the other roses slowed down she kept righ ton blooming.
	www.ctaz.com /~missy/abrahamdarby.htm (54 words)

	Abraham Darby's Growth Habit? - Antique Roses Forum - GardenWeb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		my neighbor's Abe Darby is just exactly the same shape as Olga's, only without the leaves:) great flowers, but boy does it flspot.
		To my knowledge it is between 3-5 years old and has never been pruned, but it is in almost solid red clay, and has also never had anything ELSE done to it.
		Olga, if you read this, how long have you been growing your Abraham and is it grafted or on it's own roots?
	forums2.gardenweb.com /forums/load/rosesant/msg0920183617217.html (859 words)

	Zepherine Drouhin, Abraham Darby & La Belle Sultane - Rose Gallery Forum - GardenWeb
		Abraham Darby and Zepherine Drouhin--VERY early this year!
		Abraham's a little puny, but I think he's recovering.
		My roses are just now getting buds, it is even early for that, usually don't have any blooms till the 3rd week of June, perhpaps I will see them sooner this year.
	forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/rosesgal/msg0516281526689.html (437 words)

	Abraham Darby Biography - Biography.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		His works at Coalbrookdale produced the finest iron then made.
		Under his son, Abraham Darby (1711–63), the foundry manufactured large numbers of cast-iron cylinders for Newcomen's atmospheric steam engines, and later the first high-pressure steam boiler for Trevithick.
		His grandson, Abraham Darby (1750–91), made the world's first cast-iron bridge, of 100-ft span, erected over the R Severn in 1779.
	www.biography.com /search/article.jsp?aid=9266029 (105 words)

	Anyone have photos of Abraham Darby and Benjamin Britten? - Rose Gallery Forum - GardenWeb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		I just moved to a new home and I am thinking about purchasing three David Austins: Abraham Darby, Benjamin Britten, and Pat Austin.
		I've been so taken with Abe Darby that I've kept a record of his growth over the years.
		Here is a link that might be useful: Abraham Darby
	forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/rosesgal/msg0416465120427.html (969 words)

	Abraham Darby School L.R.C
		Last year Abraham Darby School Collected 6576 tokens and next January we want to be that!!!
		The School L.R.C is a wonderful place to read and study.
		Postcards are very popular we have a wide range this week from Smarties to Optical Illusions and some modern art postcards.
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