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] …

2025年2月1日 · 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. …

Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim was a prominent American-born British inventor who created a number of devices, and owned a multitude of patents. He is predominately known for inventing the …

In 1884, Hiram Maxim built the first effective machine gun, which revolutionized warfare. Born in 1840 in Sangersville, Maine, Maxim was apprenticed at 14 to a carriage maker.

2021年5月7日 · His legacy, carried on by his son Hiram Percy Maxim, sealed the Maxim family’s fate as one of the most significant father-son duos to ever enter the firearms industry. The …

2018年5月29日 · The American-born British inventor Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) is chiefly known for the automatic rifle, or machine gun, that bears his name. Hiram Stevens …

The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. At the end of the last …

Sir Hiram Maxim and his second Flying Machine, 1909. Perhaps to most of us this inventor's name is known more in connection with the famous "Maxim" gun, which he designed, and …

Hiram S. Maxim was born near Sangerville, Maine, USA. He was the eldest of eight children of Isaac Weston Maxim and Harriet Boston (Stevens) Maxim 11. Maxim's ancestors originally …

THE MAXIM GUN. It was about this time that Maxim began work on what was probably his most famous invention - the automatic machine gun. Housed in a small factory in London's Hatton …