interesting article about Hiram Maxim

View · by **jdege** on Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:17 pm

Was doing some random googling, and I ended up in an 1885 magazine with a fascinating article about Hiram Maxim.

http://books.google.com/books?id=WJgPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR1&focus=viewport&output=html_text

View · by **Pat Cannon** on Sat Feb 21, 2015 12:47 am

Yeah, that whole magazine is fascinating. Lots of discussion of that crazy new incandescent lighting.

Here's a link to the page where the Maxim article starts: http://books.google.com/books?id=WJgPAQ ... &q&f=false

View · by **Pat Cannon** on Sat Feb 21, 2015 12:52 am

[Reading further:] Wow, I didn't know Maxim worked on incandescent light bulbs, too. And airplanes.

View · by **bensdad** on Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:21 am

Pat Cannon wrote:[Reading further:] Wow, I didn't know Maxim worked on incandescent light bulbs, too. And airplanes.

They also have pretty awesome photo layouts of the hottest models.

View · by **MaryB** on Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:31 pm

His son Hiram Percy Maxim was a pioneer of early amateur radio and broadcasting.