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Early Years and Future Prospects

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The first ten years of IFToMM’s life saw the Federation grow not only in size and technical range but also in the way in which it conducted its business. The paper reviews major events of that period, and offers some thoughts on the future.

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Maunder, L. (2000). Early Years and Future Prospects. In: Ceccarelli, M. (eds) International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms Proceedings HMM 2000. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9554-4_6

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