Hiram Maxim

**Mal H** · March 30, 1999, 07:10 PM

Here's a question for you firearms history buffs. As we know, Hiram Stevens Maxim perfected the machine gun a little before the turn of the century. As I was looking through my American Radio Relay League handbook today, I saw a picture of Hiram Percy Maxim, the grandfather of ham radio. Does anyone know if these two great inventors were related? Father and son? I don't have a picture of H. S. Maxim to see if they even looked alike.

DHH · March 30, 1999, 09:10 PM

Hiram Percy Maxim was Sir Maxim's son. He invented a silencer for guns and mufflers for engines as well as working on electrical appliances. Sir Maxim also had a brother named Hudson who invented an explosive, a smokeless powder, and a self-propelled torpedo. They were a busy family, to say the least.

**Mal H** · March 31, 1999, 12:55 AM

Thanks DHH - I had forgotten about old Hiram Percy. The names were so similar I wondered if they were related. Between the 3 of them they could swap monogrammed shirts with no problem.

March 30, 1999, 07:10 PM	#1
Mal H Staff Lead Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern VA Posts: 11,289	Here's a question for you firearms history buffs. As we know, Hiram Stevens Maxim perfected the machine gun a little before the turn of the century. As I was looking through my American Radio Relay League handbook today, I saw a picture of Hiram Percy Maxim, the grandfather of ham radio. Does anyone know if these two great inventors were related? Father and son? I don't have a picture of H. S. Maxim to see if they even looked alike.

March 30, 1999, 09:10 PM	#2
DHH Senior Member Join Date: February 17, 1999 Location: PA Posts: 115	Hiram Percy Maxim was Sir Maxim's son. He invented a silencer for guns and mufflers for engines as well as working on electrical appliances. Sir Maxim also had a brother named Hudson who invented an explosive, a smokeless powder, and a self-propelled torpedo. They were a busy family, to say the least.

March 31, 1999, 12:55 AM	#3
Mal H Staff Lead Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern VA Posts: 11,289	Thanks DHH - I had forgotten about old Hiram Percy. The names were so similar I wondered if they were related. Between the 3 of them they could swap monogrammed shirts with no problem.