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# The Workshop Where Modern Engineering Was Born Standing at 99 Southwark Street, you're standing at the birthplace of modern materials science—the very workshop where David Kirkaldy built his revolutionary testing machine in 1865, a device that transformed how engineers understood the strength and...
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99 Southwark Street, SE1
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Kirkaldy Materials Testing Machine Built in 1865 to David Kirkaldy's design. This machine established the present-day system of materials testing and specifications of mechanical properties for engineering materials.