Episode
Hiram Maxim, Inventor of the Machine-Gun and Curling Iron
1:15:31
Published: Tue Jan 18 2022
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Robert is joined by Karl Kasarda to discuss Hiram Maxim.FOOTNOTES: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160317-the-man-who-tried-to-make-a-supergun-for-saddam-hussein https://archive.fo/nruk https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Gerald_Bull https://bartonchronicle.com/exhibit-brings-gerald-bull-back-light/ https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/26/magazine/the-man-behind-iraq-s-supergun.html https://opac.navalmarinearchive.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15167 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/02/10/the-guns-of-saddam/e31bbb3a-52c3-4f29-bc47-cca57a80b6db/ https://headstuff.org/culture/history/hiram-maxim-engineer-death/ https://www.americanheritage.com/hiram-maxim#2 https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/26/science/100-years-of-maxim-s-killing-machine.html http://www.lamptech.co.uk/Documents/People%20-%20Maxim%20HS.htm https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/america-s-first-hiram-maxim-s-heavy-machine-gun/ https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi694.htm https://rar.rutgers.edu/whatever-happens-we-have-got-the-maxim-and-they-have-not-the-conspicuous-absence-of-machine-guns-in-british-imperialist-imagery-by-ramey-mize/ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t8sb3zd8j&view=1up&seq=42&skin=2021 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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