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Being able to produce iron using a more abundant product increased industrial capability....im positive

ADDED: The development of iron-smelting - and melting of the finished iron - by coke was indeed vital to the Industrial Revolution, by allowing larger rates of iron production; and coal hence coke was more abundant than the charcoal hitherto used.

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