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According to a letter in this month's ARRL magazine Maxim and his Father both made significant inventions in the field of firearms. The letter also points out the fact that many hams are also gun owners.
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Hiram Percy Maxim
-- By Alice Clink Schumacher.
This biography is the result of nine years of research into the life of one of America's truly great pioneers. Explore Maxim's many devotions as inventor, scientist, writer and humanitarian. He is often revered as "The Father of Amateur Radio," but he also pioneered in the automobile industry, air conditioning, space research, and invented the famous Maxim gun silencer. Schumacher's book is a tribute to Maxim's ingenuity and determination.
216 pages. © 1998, published by Electric Radio Press, Inc. (ISBN: 0-9663433-0-1) #7016 -- $19.95
http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=7016#top
Hiram Percy Maxim
-- By Alice Clink Schumacher.
This biography is the result of nine years of research into the life of one of America's truly great pioneers. Explore Maxim's many devotions as inventor, scientist, writer and humanitarian. He is often revered as "The Father of Amateur Radio," but he also pioneered in the automobile industry, air conditioning, space research, and invented the famous Maxim gun silencer. Schumacher's book is a tribute to Maxim's ingenuity and determination.
216 pages. © 1998, published by Electric Radio Press, Inc. (ISBN: 0-9663433-0-1) #7016 -- $19.95
