The most important element in speeding industrialization was the breakthrough which came when ______ succeeded in smelting iron with coke instead of charcoal in 1709.
A、Thomas Newcomen
B、Abraham Darby
C、John Kay
D、Richard Arkwright
【正确答案】:B
【题目解析】:【考点点击】本题主要考查英国工业革命。
【要点透析】在英国工业革命期间,加快工业化进程的最重要因素是:1709年发明家亚伯拉罕·达比发现了更重要的熔化矿石工艺,即把煤转变成焦炭之后,再放进熔铁炉。P123