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The 5 pages that link to Hiram Maxim, each with the reason it gives.
Machine gunRelated: His use of recoil to automate loading transformed machine-gun design.
Maxim gunRelated: His experiments with firearm recoil produced the gun’s operating principle.
Automatic firearmRelated: His design helped establish practical recoil-powered automatic firing.
Early aviationRelated: His test exposed the gap between producing lift and controlling an aircraft.