Hiram Stevens Maxim
Also known as Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, Hiram S. Maxim, Hiram Maxim
American-born inventor (1840-1916)
Person · Open Library
- Works
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Top works
- Airships in Peace & War, Being the Second Edition of Aerial Warfare;
- New System for Preventing Collisions at Sea
- Li Hung Chang's Scrap-Book
- My Life
- Artificial and Natural Flight
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
· 2012 · cited 24,136x
- A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate
· 2009 · cited 22,266x
- LAMMPS - a flexible simulation tool for particle-based materials modeling at the atomic, meso, and continuum scales
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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. Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons, a mousetrap, and steam pumps. Maxim laid claim to inventing the lightbulb.
Maxim experimented with powered flight; his large aircraft designs were never successful. Circa 1904 he designed a highly successful amusement ride called the "Captive Flying Machine" to fund his research while generating public interest in flight.