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Inventions. Maxim, a longtime sufferer of bronchitis, patented and manufactured a pocket menthol inhaler and a larger "Pipe of Peace", a steam inhaler using pine vapour, that he claimed could relieve asthma, tinnitus, hay fever and catarrh. [11] .
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (ur. 5 lutego 1840 w Sangerville w stanie Maine, zm. 24 listopada 1916 w Londynie) – wynalazca i przedsiębiorca amerykańskiego pochodzenia [1], w 1880 roku wyemigrował do Zjednoczonego Królestwa Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii [1].
Hiram Maxim (born February 5, 1840, Sangerville, Maine, U.S.—died November 24, 1916, London, England) was a prolific inventor best known for the Maxim machine gun. The eldest son of a farmer who was a locally notable mechanic, Maxim was apprenticed at age 14 to a carriage maker.
Sir Hiram Maxim died in his adopted homeland at Streathan on Nov. 24, 1916, at the age of 77. The only formal education he ever had was from five years in the one-room schoolhouse of Sangerville, Maine, but his informal education made him the epitome of the term ‘damned Yankee.’
Hiram Maxim passed away on 24 November 1916, only days before the Battle of the Somme, where more than one million soldiers were killed during the course of four months, many by the Maxim machine gun.
16 sie 2013 · As millions of Europe's young men were busy machine-gunning each other to death in World War I, the inventor of the weapon died, a very rich man and a knight of the realm. His invention had...
Sir Hiram Maxim died on 24th November 1916, bringing to a close a very full and eventful life. Towards the end of his life, he was asked about the lack of monuments to his work at Baldwyns Park. He replied that the authorities had demonstrated their appreciation by building the largest, finest and best-equipped lunatic asylum in the world there!
