英语词汇maxim gun的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Maxim gun; Maxim silencer. Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, in- ventor of the first automatic machine gun, also invented a bet- ter mousetrap, an automatic fire sprinkler, a gas meter, a delayed-action fuse, a smokeless powder, a heavier-than-air flying machine, an inhalator for bronchitis, and sundry other items. The world did beat a path to his door, for his arms com- pany merged with the Vickers firm in 1896 to become the giant Vickers Armstrong Ltd. and he was knighted for his accom- plishments. Sir Hiram (1840–1916) was born in Maine, but be- came a naturalized British subject in 1881, after serving as chief engineer for America’s first electric power company. The Max- im machine gun, invented in 1883, is a single-barreled, recoil- operated weapon that fires some 10 rounds a second, the first modern machine gun in that the recoil from one cartridge was used to both expel the empty shells and reload the weapon. But what has turned out to be the greatest of the Maxim inventions is the Maxim silencer devised by Hiram’s son Hiram Percy Maxim (1869–1936), who remained an American and who in- vented the Maxim automobile as well. Maxim silencers were weapon attachments originally developed only to make the ex- plosion of firearms practically noiseless. But they were soon perfected to eliminate noise from many modern machines. Thanks to the silencer, noise pollution is much less than it would be, the invention prolonging lives rather than making it easier to take them. See devil’s paintbrush.

词汇	maxim gun
词源	Maxim gun; Maxim silencer. Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, in- ventor of the first automatic machine gun, also invented a bet- ter mousetrap, an automatic fire sprinkler, a gas meter, a delayed-action fuse, a smokeless powder, a heavier-than-air flying machine, an inhalator for bronchitis, and sundry other items. The world did beat a path to his door, for his arms com- pany merged with the Vickers firm in 1896 to become the giant Vickers Armstrong Ltd. and he was knighted for his accom- plishments. Sir Hiram (1840–1916) was born in Maine, but be- came a naturalized British subject in 1881, after serving as chief engineer for America’s first electric power company. The Max- im machine gun, invented in 1883, is a single-barreled, recoil- operated weapon that fires some 10 rounds a second, the first modern machine gun in that the recoil from one cartridge was used to both expel the empty shells and reload the weapon. But what has turned out to be the greatest of the Maxim inventions is the Maxim silencer devised by Hiram’s son Hiram Percy Maxim (1869–1936), who remained an American and who in- vented the Maxim automobile as well. Maxim silencers were weapon attachments originally developed only to make the ex- plosion of firearms practically noiseless. But they were soon perfected to eliminate noise from many modern machines. Thanks to the silencer, noise pollution is much less than it would be, the invention prolonging lives rather than making it easier to take them. See devil’s paintbrush.
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