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Maxim:

Mx1. The Maxim Machine Gun, Engineering, Volume 38, November 7, 1884, pages 430 - 432

Mx2. Description of the Maxim Automatic Machine Gun, Engineering, Vol.. 39, June 5, 1885

Mx3. The Maxim Automatic Machine Gun at the Royal Navy Exhibition, Engineering, October 9, 1891, pages 406 to 410

Mx4. Maxim Guns, a 4-part article, Engineering 1898, February 11, February 25, March 18, April 1st 1898.

Mx5. The Devil's Paintbrush - Sir Hiram Maxim's Gun, Dolf L. Goldsmith, 2002, ISBN 0-88935-282-8

Mx6. Improvements in and relating to machine guns and other firearms, Hiram S Maxim, UK Patent No 606 1884, (US Patent No. 321,514 July 7 1885)

Mx7. Improvements in and relating to Machine or Battery Guns and other Fire-arms, Hiram S Maxim, UK Patent No. 1307 29 Jan 1885.

Mx8. Improvements in Machine and other Guns, Hiram S maxim, UK Patent No. 8281, 8 July 1885.

T1. Patent 3178 June 26 1883 (US Patent 317161), Machine Gun, Hiram S Maxim (‘the Forerunner’)

T2. Patent 3844 February 23 1884 (US Patent 367825), Machine Gun, H S Maxim (First Prototype)

T3. Patent 1307 January 29 1885 Improvements in and relating to machine or battery guns and other firearms. H S Maxim. (Second Prototype)

T4. Patent 8281 July 8 1885 (US Patent 395791) Machine Gun, H S Maxim (The Transitional)

T5. The Life and Work of Sir Hiram Maxim, Paul Fleury Mottelay. Lane, London, 1920