Life and Work of Sir Hiram Maxim

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Hiram Stevens Maxim claimed French Huguenot ancestors, who, said he, had been driven from France by the edict of Nantes and who finally settled in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A., after having taken habitatio...