When was puddling furnace developed?

Henry Court (1740 -1823) invented the pudding furnace during the industrial revolution in Britain. The puddling furnace is a metalmaking technology used to create wrought iron or steel from the pig iron produced in a blast furnace. During the industrial revolution, there was a high demand for iron and the older methods were incapable of meeting this demand. Inventions like the puddling furnace allowed to close the demand and supply gap.