|
|
Definition of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
1. Noun. English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
Literary usage of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim will be remembered a's one of the foremost inventors of
his day. In 1881 President Grew of France made him a Chevalier of the Legion ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1890-94) and Samuel Pierpont Langley (1895-1903).
Clement Ader was the first to construct an aeroplane large and powerful ..."
3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1918)
"... Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (75399 A). Photo. 2200 w. Engng— Dec. 1, 1916.
Biographical sketch of a noted inventor. Meteorology The Weather Business (79077 ..."
4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1917)
"Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, the famous inventor, was born at Sangerville, Maine,
USA, in 1840, and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to a coachbuilder, ..."
5. Aircraft: Its Development in War and Peace and Its Commercial Future by Evan John David (1919)
"The leaders of the second school were: Clement Ader (1890-97), Sir Hiram Stevens
Maxim (1890-94), and Samuel Pierpont Langley (1895-1903). ..."
Other Resources:
