Hiram Stevens Maxim

Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim was an American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons, a mousetrap, and steam pumps. Maxim laid claim to inventing the lightbulb.

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Who was born first?

• Hiram Stevens Maxim and John Boyd Dunlop were born the same year
• Hiram Stevens Maxim and John Philip Holland were born the same year
• Hiram Stevens Maxim was born 1 year after Josephine Cochrane
• Hiram Stevens Maxim was born 1 year before Clément Ader
• Hiram Stevens Maxim was born 1 year before Sam Loyd

Timeline

1. Josephine CochraneMarch 8, 1839 – August 3, 1913
2. Hiram Stevens Maxim (this page)February 5, 1840 – November 24, 1916
3. John Boyd DunlopFebruary 5, 1840 – October 23, 1921
4. John Philip HollandFebruary 29, 1840 – August 12, 1914
5. Clément AderApril 2, 1841 – May 3, 1925
6. Sam LoydJanuary 30, 1841 – April 10, 1911

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