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  2. Hiram Percy Maxim - Wikipedia

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    Hiram Percy Maxim (September 2, 1869 – February 17, 1936) was an American radio pioneer and inventor, and co-founder (with Clarence D. Tuska) of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). Hiram Percy Maxim is credited with inventing and selling the first commercially successful firearm silencer , and also with developing mufflers for internal ...

  3. Hiram Maxim - Wikipedia

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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. [1] Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons , a mousetrap , and steam pumps .

  4. American Radio Relay League - Wikipedia

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    Hiram Percy Maxim died in 1936. His callsign W1AW was licensed to the League and remains in use as the first-ever Memorial Station. In 1937 the DXCC Award, for working 100 countries, was established, and it still is the premier achievement in amateur radio. Operators, often under the ARRL Emergency Corps, helped at numerous disasters.

  5. Category:Maxim family - Wikipedia

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    Hiram Percy Maxim; Hiram Maxim; Hudson Maxim This page was last edited on 18 January 2024, at 02:11 (UTC). Text is available under the ... Code of Conduct;

  6. Hudson Maxim - Wikipedia

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    Hudson Maxim (February 3, 1853 – May 6, 1927), was an American inventor and chemist who invented a variety of explosives, including smokeless gunpowder, Thomas Edison referred to him as "the most versatile man in America".

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    Marilyn Monroe’s billowing white dress from “The Seven Year Itch” sold for a record-breaking $4.6 million at an auction in 2011. Designed by William Travilla, the iconic dress became ...

  9. Silencer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The US National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 defined silencers and established regulations limiting their sale and ownership. [21] Both the US Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) use the term silencer. [22] Hiram Percy Maxim, the original inventor of the device, marketed them as "Maxim Silencers ...