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19 gru 2006 · Full catalog record. MARCXML. Reviewer: scottpmaxham - - July 4, 2016. Subject: Sir Hiram Maxim. An interesting look at the amazing life of Mr. Maxim, who is a relative of mine in some fashion.
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4 cze 2016 · My life : Maxim, Hiram S. (Hiram Stevens), 1840-1916 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 – 24 November 1916) was an American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. [1] Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons, a mousetrap, and steam pumps.Maxim laid claim to inventing the lightbulb. [2] [3]Maxim experimented with powered flight; his large ...
Hiram S. Maxim in 19158. Biography. The name of Hiram Stevens Maxim (Feb 5 1840 - Nov 4 1916) is immediately associated with the invention and development of the machine gun. However, his name figured prominently with the development of early incandescent lamps, and it is in that regard that this short write-up is made.
Maxim was a major figure in the research to produce a practical incandescant lamp, the race only just won by Thomas Edison in 1879. His first patent concerned with electricity was in 1878 and he joined the first Electric Lighting Company ever formed in the United States.
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.
