Sir Hiram Maxim’s Pipe of Peace • Hacker News Board

Re: Sir Hiram Maxim’s Pipe of Peace

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Post by Koshkin » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 3:43 PM UTC

> Pipe of Peace

For some reason, at first I thought this must be about the Maxim machine gun. It is considered by some the first true "weapon of mass destruction." The gun was used extensively in the "war to end all wars."

Re: Sir Hiram Maxim’s Pipe of Peace

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Post by monochromatic » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 4:19 PM UTC

Koshkin wrote: post #11

> Pipe of Peace For some reason, at first I thought this must be about the Maxim machine gun. It is considered by some the first true "weapon of mass destruction." The gun was used extensively in the "war to end all wars."

Same here, like the Colt Peacemaker or something.

Re: Sir Hiram Maxim’s Pipe of Peace

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Post by 8bitsrule » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 4:41 PM UTC

This Hiram Maxim ('Hiram Stevens'), i just learned, is not to be confused with 'Hiram Percy', co-founder of the American Radio League and inventor of the 'Maxim silencer' for firearms.

(Phew had me going there for a second.)

Re: Sir Hiram Maxim’s Pipe of Peace

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Post by gweinberg » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 4:52 PM UTC

8bitsrule wrote: post #13

This Hiram Maxim ('Hiram Stevens'), i just learned, is not to be confused with 'Hiram Percy', co-founder of the American Radio League and inventor of the 'Maxim silencer' for firearms. (Phew had me going there for a second.)

The silencer (and car muffler) inventor was the son of the machine gun inventor.

Re: Sir Hiram Maxim’s Pipe of Peace

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 5:00 PM UTC

makmanalp wrote: post #10

I REALLY really recommend that you read "A Genius In The Family" by Hiram Percy Maxim, his son. It's absolutely bonkers hilarious and a nice window into the inventor himself, who apparently loved to cause a ruckus and a good laugh. Gutenberg link: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks09/0900131.txt

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