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Hiram Stevens Maxim
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American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun, patented in 1884.
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Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 - 24 November 1916) was an American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun.
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The first practical self-powered machine gun was invented in 1884 by Sir Hiram Maxim.
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