Hiram Maxim
IndiaengineerMaleb. 18407.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Hiram Maxim was an American engineer and inventor, best known for creating the Maxim gun, the first portable, fully automatic machine gun. He played an instrumental role in the development of electric lighting technology and was a key figure in recruiting Lewis Howard Latimer for his expertise in patent drafting and engineering.
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Hiram Maxim, chief engineer of the U.S. Electric Lighting Company, recruited Latimer as both a draftsman and engineer.
Before helping transform electric lighting, Lewis Howard Latimer's first patent made one overlooked part of train travel far more bearable |The Times of India·India· 2026-07-29
India· 2026-07-29
