| LC control no. | no 98108754 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Maxim, Hiram Percy, 1869-1936 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Hartford (Conn.) |
| Birth date | 18690902 |
| Death date | 19360217 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Place of death | La Junta (Colo.) |
| Field of activity | Inventions Engineering Management Noise control Automobile industry and trade |
| Affiliation | Maxim Silencer Company |
| Profession or occupation | Engineers Inventors Executives |
| Found in | Horseless carriage days, c1937 (2nd ed.): t.p. (Hiram Percy Maxim) p. xiii (inventor of Maxim silencer; d. Feb. 17, 1936) ch. 1 (began work on gasoline-engine-propelled mechanical road vehicles in 1892 when he was in his early 20's) OCLC database, 9/15/98 (hdg.: Maxim, Hiram Percy, 1869-1936; usage: Hiram Percy Maxim) Maxim Silencer Company records, 1912-1956: (Hiram Percy Maxim; born September 2, 1869 at Brooklyn, N.Y.; died February 17, 1936 at La Junta, Colo.; engineer and inventor; invented the silencer for firearms; founder and president of The Maxim Silencer Company at Hartford, Conn., 1912-1936; the company came to specialize in silencers for large engines and similar industrial equipment rather than for firearms) |
| Associated language | eng |
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