Hiram Maxim
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Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim was an American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hai
Maxim c. 1916
Maxim caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1904
The Sir Hiram Maxim Captive Flying Machines operating at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 2006
Gravestone of Sir Hiram Maxim
West Norwood
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West Norwood is a largely residential area of south London within the London Borough of Lambeth, located 5.4 miles south south-east of Charing Cross. The centre of West Norwood sits in a bowl surround
Norwood Road, West Norwood