Thomas Andrews (metallurgist)
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Thomas Andrews was a British metallurgist of international renown.
In 1850 Thomas Andrews, Samuel Burrows and John Burrows, trading as Andrews, Burrows and Co. took over the works at Wortley. Andrews' experiments on fatigue
and fracture at Wortley Top Forge
led to the manufacture of railway axles of internationally reputed quality.
After his death in 1871 his son Thomas Andrews (1847-1907) took an active part in running the forges.
In 1850 Thomas Andrews, Samuel Burrows and John Burrows, trading as Andrews, Burrows and Co. took over the works at Wortley. Andrews' experiments on fatigue
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and fracture at Wortley Top Forge
Wortley Top Forge
Wortley Top Forge is an historic former finery forge and ironworks originally dating back to the seventeenth century, although evidence suggests iron working took place in the vicinity as early as the fourteenth century...
led to the manufacture of railway axles of internationally reputed quality.
After his death in 1871 his son Thomas Andrews (1847-1907) took an active part in running the forges.