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Lithuania – one of the Baltic countries – has deep roots in mechanical engineering. The famous seventeenth century scientist Kazimieras Simonavicius wrote the first book on the art of artillery. The educational material related to TMM studies in the Applied Mechanics course was first read in Vilnius University at the end of the eighteenth century. In the beginning of the twentieth century mechanical sciences were studied in the Vytautas Magnus University – in Kaunas, temporal capital of Lithuania. From 1950 Kaunas Polytechnic institute became the leader of engineering studies; when the biggest research center in the former Soviet Union, dedicated to “Vibroengineering”, was established, the MMS related to IFToMM activities were the main priority of the research.
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Ostasevicius, V. (2011). Achievements in Machine Mechanism Science in Lithuania. In: Ceccarelli, M. (eds) Technology Developments: the Role of Mechanism and Machine Science and IFToMM. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1300-0_30
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