[Boatanchors] Maxim's grave

[John Lawson]

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007, RAY FRIESS wrote:

> I wonder how many times he's rolled over in his grave because of what the organization has done since..



   Give. It. A. Rest!



Cheers


JOhn
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PS: Maxim's father, in England, also a prolific inventor..  built and flew 
(for a very short time) a steam-powered airplane several years before the 
Wrights...  it had a gasoline-fuled boiler and light-wieght engines with 
hollow connecting rods, all designed by Maxim.  It 'launched' from a rail 
track of about 1 mile in length. It was not successful, due mainly to a 
lack of understanding of aerodynamic drag vs. lift.  It had stacks of 
arrays of plane surfaces, and looked like a huge kite.   Refs and cites if 
anyone is interested.