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From: crisp@mips.COM (Richard Crisp)
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Subject: Re: Books on Early Electronics For Sale
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Date: 30 Jun 90 05:06:16 GMT
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In article <861@ssc.UUCP> tad@ssc.UUCP (Tad Cook) writes:
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>When I was at Dayton this year, I saw a book by H.P Maxim (ARRL
>founder) that was a real interesting piece of work.  It was a
>bona-fide crackpot tome about using radio to communicate with
>extra-terrestrials!  The book detailed some of Maxim's far-out
>philosophy, and was a real eye-opener concerning the "eclectic"
>interests of "our founder."

Many of you may be surprised to learn that Hiram Percy Maxim, son of
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim was also the inventor of the world's first
practical firearm silencer. His father, H.S. Maxim was the inventor of the
first machine gun. His father's invention saw extensive use in the
hands of the Germans in WW1 in the form of the MG08. Son Hiram P's 
invention was very popular with farmers, ranchers and mobsters until
1934 at which time Federal Law in the US made possession of his inventions
and his father's inventions subject to federal registration.

Hiram P's uncle, Hudson Maxim, was the inventor of smokeless gunpowder,
the self propelled torpedo, and a number of other explosive devices.


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