Author:Hiram Stevens Maxim

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Hiram Stevens Maxim
(1840–1916)

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British/American inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun.

Works

Artificial and Natural Flight. Whittaker. 1908.
Li Hung Chang's Scrapbook
A New System of Preventing Collisions at Sea.
My Life. Methuen & Co., Ltd. 1915.
Monte Carlo facts and fallacies. Grant Richards. 1904.

Works about Maxim

"Maxim, Hiram Stevens," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement, London: Oxford University Press (1927)
"Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Maxim, Sir Hiram S.," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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