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Hiram Maxim originally designed the Pom-Pom in the late 1880s as an enlarged version of the Maxim machine gun.Its longer range necessitated exploding projectiles to judge range, which in turn dictated a shell weight of at least 400 grams (0.88 lb), as that was the lightest exploding shell allowed under the Saint Petersburg Declaration of 1868 and reaffirmed in the Hague Convention of 1899.
IL 25 in Elgin: I-290 / IL 53 in Schaumburg US 14 in Des Plaines US 12 in Des Plaines US 45 in Des Plaines I-294 Toll in Glenview US 14 / IL 43 in Morton Grove I-94 in Skokie: East end: US 41 in Skokie: Location; Country: United States: State: Illinois: Counties: Kane, Cook: Highway system; Illinois State Highway System; Interstate; US; State ...
The Des Plaines Mall was a 185,000 square foot (17,200 m 2) [1] [a] shopping mall in downtown Des Plaines, Illinois. It was designed by J.R. Gottlieb & Co. It was designed by J.R. Gottlieb & Co. The architect was Erickson and Stevens, Inc. [ 2 ] Construction began June 1, 1976. [ 3 ]
Des Plaines–Park Ridge line: 4.3: 6.9: I-294 Toll south (Tri-State Tollway) No exit to I-294 northbound; no entrance from I-294 southbound: Niles: 6.6: 10.6: IL 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) Interchange: Morton Grove: 7.9: 12.7: US 14 east / IL 43 / IL 58 west (Waukegan Road) Eastern end of US 14 concurrency; western end of IL 58 concurrency: Morton ...
The Maxim gun is a recoil-operated machine gun invented in 1884 by Hiram Stevens Maxim.It was the first fully automatic machine gun in the world. [15]The Maxim gun has been called "the weapon most associated with imperial conquest" by historian Martin Gilbert, [16] and was heavily used by colonial powers during the "Scramble for Africa".
Des Plaines (/ d ɪ s ˈ p l eɪ n z /) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States.Per the 2020 census, the population was 60,675. [4] The city is a suburb of Chicago and is located just north of O'Hare International Airport.
The "37 mm" refers to the inside diameter of the barrel of the gun, and therefore the diameter of the projectile it fires. However, the overall size and power of the gun itself can vary greatly between different weapons, in spite of them all being called "37 mm" guns. The 37 mm version of the Maxim gun used by both sides during World War I
Category: Des Plaines, Illinois. 5 languages. ... McDonald's No. 1 Store Museum; Meet the Parents (1992 film) Miner Street (Des Plaines, Illinois) Motor Coach ...