Hiram Stevens Maxim

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Hiram Stevens Maxim

• Machine Gun

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Hiram Stevens Maxim

• (February 5, 1840 November 24, 1916)
• Maxim was born in Sangerville, Maine in the USA
• was an inventor born in America who emigrated to
  England

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Hiram Stevens Maxim

• He adopted British citizenship
• He was the inventor of the Maxim Gun, the first
  portable, fully automatic machine gun
• Maxim died in London and is buried in West
  Norwood Cemetery.

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Machine Gun -First Page

• A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or
  portable firearm
• Maxim founded an armaments company to produce his
  machine gun in Crayford, Kent, which later merged
  with Nordenfeldt and the Vickers Corporation in
  1896, becoming 'Vickers, Son Maxim'.

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Machine Gun -Second Page

• After moving to England, in a large house in West
  Norwood where he developed his design for an
  automatic weapon

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• In the press announced a warning that it will
  experiment with a gun in his garden, and that
  neighbors should have open windows to prevent
  broken glass
• Later Maxim deaf, the reason for the lifetime use
  of all weapons, guns