Kenneth Pomeranz pointed to the availability of this good in the West to explain the "Great Divergence." After an incident at Silkstone, the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury reformed labor requirements for working with this good, preventing the employment of girls as hurriers and trappers. The Bridgewater Canal was built for the transport of this good from Worsley. A region nicknamed for the use of this good included the boroughs of Wolverhampton and Dudley in the West (*) Midlands. Working with this good became safer with the invention of a new lamp by
Kenneth Pomeranz pointed to the availability of this good in the West to explain the "Great Divergence." After an incident at Silkstone, the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury reformed labor requirements for working with this good, preventing the employment of girls as hurriers and trappers. The Bridgewater Canal was built for the transport of this good from Worsley. A region nicknamed for the use of this good included the boroughs of Wolverhampton and Dudley in the West (*) Midlands. Working with this good became safer with the invention of a new lamp by Sir Humphry Davy. It's not a metal, but the Newcomen engine was first used to facilitate the extraction of this good. A form of this good used to do better iron smelting was known as coke. For 10 points, name this black fuel that helped ignite the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
Kenneth Pomeranz pointed to the availability of this good in the West to explain the "Great Divergence."
coal [accept coke before mention]