Hudson Maxim
Hudson Maxim, brother of Hiram Stevens Maxim, was president of the American Aeronautical Federation and Aeronautic Society of New York, and vice president of the Aero Club of New York.
He is also known for his work on heavy explosives and gunpowder and as an advocate for a more powerful US military.[1][2]
(Location: Described sometimes as "Landing Post Office" and also sometimes mentioning a "Maxim Park", it seems the most precise descriptor of his home is Hopatcong. See 1918 Congressional testimony.)
Maxim printed and published books from 1882–1888, then became a manufacturer of explosives. In 1890 at Maxim, New Jersey, he created a factory for dynamite and smokeless powder, which would be used by the US government. In 1897 he sold the smokeless powder to Du Pont and in 1898 became a consulting engineer for that company. In 1901 he sold the method for producing "Maximite" to the US government.[3]
He was a member of the Military Service Institution, the Society of Chemical Industry, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Chemists' Club the New England Society, the Navy League, and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.[3]
Publications
- Maxim, 1908, The Warfare of the Future
- Maxim & Hammer, 1911, Chronology of Aviation
- Maxim, 1915, Defenseless America
Publications by or about Hudson Maxim
- Publication 3983, 1908, Electricity from the sky for airships (Simple title: Electricity from the sky for airships, Journal: Pop. Mech.)
- Maxim, 1908, Man's machine-made millennium (Simple title: Man's machine-made millennium, Journal: Cosmopolitan Mag.)
- Maxim, 1909, High explosives in aerial warfare as a source of energy (Simple title: High explosives in aerial warfare as a source of energy, Journal: Aeronautics (US)
- Maxim, 1909, The flying machine in war (Simple title: The flying machine in war, Journal: Fly)
- Maxim, 1909, Warfare of the future (Simple title: Warfare of the future, Journal: Science • Scient. Amer. Suppl.)
- Maxim, 1910, Hudson Maxim (Simple title: Hudson Maxim, Journal: Aeronautics)
- Maxim, 1910, Aerial warfare (Simple title: Aerial warfare, Journal: Aircraft)
- Aircraft, 1910, Photograph and biography of Hudson Maxim (Simple title: Photograph and biography of Hudson Maxim, Journal: Aircraft)
- Maxim, 1911, The nation's need of an aerial fleet (Simple title: The nation's need of an aerial fleet, Journal: Air-Scout)
- Maxim, 1911, The war aeroplane (Simple title: The war aeroplane, Journal: Aircraft)
- Maxim, 1911, The world's greatest need of aviation. The hazard of flying a drawback (Simple title: The world's greatest need of aviation. The hazard of flying a drawback, Journal: Fly)
- Maxim, 1912, Aeronautics and the college curriculum. Should this science have a place there? (Simple title: Aeronautics and the college curriculum. Should this science have a place there?, Journal: Fly)
- Maxim, 1912, Importance of aeronautical armaments (Simple title: Importance of aeronautical armaments, Journal: Aircraft)
- Maxim, 1912, Peace palaver and aeronautics (Simple title: Peace palaver and aeronautics, Journal: Fly)
- Maxim, 1914, High explosives as fuel (Simple title: High explosives as fuel, Journal: Flying)
- Maxim, 1915, Maxim device to time explosion of torpedoes (Simple title: Maxim device to time explosion of torpedoes, Journal: Aerial Age)
- Maxim, 1916, What may be expected of the Naval Consulting Board (Simple title: What may be expected of the Naval Consulting Board, Journal: Journ. Aeron. Soc. America)
References
- ↑ "Hudson Maxim", Encyclopedia Brittanica, accessed 7 August 2018.
- ↑ John William Leonard, "Maxim, Hudson", Who's Who in Engineering (1922), p. 855.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Aircraft, 1910, Photograph and biography of Hudson Maxim.
Further research
| Names | Hudson Maxim |
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| Birth date | 1853-02-03 |
| Death date | 1927-05-06 |
| Countries | US |
| Locations | Orneville, Maine; Hopatcong, New Jersey; Maxim, New Jersey |
| Occupations | inventor, printer, publisher, weapons manufacturer, engineer |
| Tech areas | Military, Projectile, Explosive |
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