Hiram Collection (page 2)

Demonstration of Hiram Maxims flying machine Baldwyns Park
Demonstration of Hiram Maxims flying machine at Baldwyns Park, Kent, 3 November 1894. It made a short uncontrolled hop flight on 31 July 1894

Sir Hiram Maxim and his first aeroplane with members of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, 1891

Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxims steam-driven aeroplane. Note the bent axle which was damaged by excessive upward pressure on the antilift rails used to prevent the aeroplane leaving the ground

Sir Hiram Maxim with his flying machine at Baldwyns Park, Kent

Sir Hiram Maxim and visitors at his shed at Baldwyns Park, Kent, showing the motor for driving the whirling table and shaft to same, 1893

Hiram Maxims flying machine at Baldwyns Park Kent
From 1891-1894 Hiram Maxim constructed in the grounds of Baldwyns Park a huge steam-powered biplane machine. Powered with the assistance of a Thorneycroft marine boiler

Hiram Maxim / IMechE

Hiram Maxim and gun

Book cover design, Aerial Warfare by RP Hearne, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908, with an introduction by Sir Hirams Maxim. 1908

Martyrdom of Joseph and Hiram Smith in Carthage jail, June 27th, 1844. Date c1851

Grey Eagle: driven by Hiram Woodruff, Esq. Date c1850

The marine Redowa - Dedicated to the brave, energetic and whole souled Capt. Hiram Burt, of the Brig. Marine, who rescued from a watery grave a large number of the passengers of the ill-fated Central

Initiation of Provost and Judge
Initiation ceremony whereby the President gives the recipient a large key to the resting place of Hirams remains. Date: 1890s

Initiation to the Master of Prefects
The recipient is assisted by a Brother, who has been given the name Scherebiah, the title Captain of the Guards, and is dressed in a biblical costume

The legend of Hiram
The father of your fathers, Tubalcain, leads Hiram to the centre of the earth, the domain of Eblis and Cain, where liberty reigns. Date: 1890s

The Infernal Chamber
Brother gaze upon paintings depicting demons and the damned in Hell, who do not seem to be suffering. In the centre, Hiram is being crowned by Eblis. 1890s

Testing a Maxim machine gun
Men in top hats (and one in a bowler hat) testing a Maxim machine gun. The Maxim gun was the first self-powered machine gun, invented by Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884

Maxim and his machine gun
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) and his machine gun, as featured in an interview with him in The Sketch

Maxim / Hiram / Van Fair 04
SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM British inventor, born in America, best known for the Maxim recoil-operated machine gun (1884)

Machu Picchu / Peru 1982
View of MACHU PICCHU, the ancient inca city built in the 15th century. The Pre- columbian town was discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, a Yale historian and explorer

A flying roundabout; Sir Hiram Maxims latest invention
Illustration of Sir Hiram Maxims latest invention, which may be described as a roundabout in which the revolving bodies are suspended in the air in cars that are attached by steel wire ropes

Mrs Tomson Tested
Alleged medium Mrs Tomsons claim that she could lose weight paranormally is tested by sir Hiram Maxim at his factory in Norwood, south London

Maxim Project 1890
Hiram Maxims improved multiplane flying machine - less cumbersome than its predecessors, but still a monstrous concoction of wings, wires and huge propellers

Maxim Project 1889
Hiram Maxims first flying machine - a monster which became less ungainly in subsequent models

Solomons Temple Builds
Solomon receives gold from Ophir, sent by Hiram, king of Tyre, to help in the construction of his temple

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