By the middle of the nineteenth century, Henry Cort's system of puddling had resulted in
a. Britain greatly increasing its output of cotton.
b. a quadrupling of British coal production.
c. Britain becoming by far the world's leading iron producer.
d. the enhancement of pig iron impurities.
e. an improvement in agricultural production.
c
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