Hudson Maxim (February 3, 1853 – May 6, 1927), was a U.S. inventor and chemist who invented a variety of explosives, including smokeless gunpowder. He was the brother of Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim gun and uncle of Hiram Percy Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Silencer. February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Inventor (disambiguation). ... A chemist pours from a round-bottom flask. ... Preparing C-4 explosive This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ... Smokeless powder Smokeless powder is the name given to a number of gunpowder-like propellants used in firearms which produce negligible smoke when fired, unlike the older black powder which it replaced. ... Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, 1916 1895 . ... An early Maxim gun in operation with the Royal Navy 1895 . ... Hiram Percy Maxim (September 2, 1869 - February 17, 1936) was founder of the American Radio Relay League and had the amateur call sign W1AW (now the ARRL home station call sign). ...

A man of many trades, started his career as publisher of books about penmanship and the sale of articles related to penmanship, like special inks and pens. Later he joined his brother Hiram Stevens Maxim's workshop in the United Kingdom, where they both worked on the improvement of smokeless gunpowder. After some disputes, Hudson Maxim returned to the USA and developed a number of stable high explosives, the rights of which were sold to the DuPont company. Penmanship is the art of writing clearly and quickly. ... Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, 1916 1895 . ... Smokeless powder is the name given to any number of gunpowder-like propellants used in firearms which produce neglegible smoke when fired, unlike the older black powder which it replaced. ... Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, or du Pont may refer to: // E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the worlds third largest chemical company Du Pont Motors Gilbert Dupont, a French stock brokerage part of retail banking network Crédit du Nord ST Dupont, a French manufacturer of fine...

During World War I Maxim wrote a book "Defenseless America", in which he pointed out the inferiority of the American defence system and the vulnerability of the country against attacks of foreign agressors. His good friend, Albert Hubbard, died on the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed by a German submarine. This event fueled his belief that the USA should improve its defenses and join the war against Germany on the side of the Entente. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... RMS Lusitania was a Cunard Line ocean liner, sister ship of the Mauretania, that was built by the John Brown & Co. ... Entente, meaning a diplomatic understanding, may refer to a number of agreements: The Entente Cordiale, 1904 between France and the United Kingdom. ...

Maxim also wrote the book "The Science of Poetry and the Philosophy of Language" about the nature and writing of poetry. In this work he contended that words, like chemical particles, had natural laws that governed the manner in which they could be combined into verse, and that poetry perceived as excellent was in fact one that conformed to those laws. He also argued that certain famous poets (William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth) had discovered those laws and put them to use in their poetry. The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, a making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ...

During his experimental career, he lost his left hand in a mercury fulminate explosion. Mercury fulminate (Hg(ONC)2) is a primary explosive. ...

Sources:
Hudson Maxim, Reminiscences and Comments. By Clifton Johnson, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924.
Defenseless America. By Hudson Maxim, Hearst's International Library Co. 1916.
The Science of Poetry and The Philosophy of Language. By Hudson Maxim, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1910.
Dynamite Stories. By Hudson Maxim, Hearst's International Library Co. 1916.