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Description of the Maxim Automatic Machine-Gun. - [THE AUTOMATIC MACHINE-GUN]
London, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1885. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Contained in the April issue of Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, pp.167-197, with 8 plates. The whole issue offered here. Custom cloth box with gilt leather title on spine.
First edition. Maxim's first announcement of his invention of the automatic machine-gun using the energy from the recoil force to eject each spent cartridge and insert the next one, Maxim came up with the single-man operated machine-gun. Earlier types of machine-guns, as the Gatling and Gardner, consisted of multiple barrels and were powered by the manual turning of a crank, which made them very heavy and caused them to require several men in order to operate them. The invention of the Maxim-mechanism allowed for a single-barrel construction, and the new machine-gun could potentially be operated by just one man, which thus led to the modern automatic machine-gun. Scarce.
LE VOL NATUREL ET LE VOL ARTIFICIEL.
Traduit par le Lt-Colonel G. Espitallier. Dunod et Pinat, Paris, 1909. In-8 p., mz. tela coeva (etichetta abrasa al piatto anteriore), pp. XX,239, con 96 figg. nel t. Testo ben conservato.
Le vol naturel et le vol artificiel. Traduit par le Lt-colonel G. ESPITALLIER.
P., Dunod et Pinat, 1909. In-8, 239pp., 96fig. in-t., pl. percaline éditeur.
