This longtime atheist authored a scrapbook addressed to the Chinese statesman Li Hung Chang, in which he apologized for the fact that European missionaries were dumb enough to believe in devils and ghosts.
This longtime atheist authored a scrapbook addressed to the Chinese statesman Li Hung Chang, in which he apologized for the fact that European missionaries were dumb enough to believe in devils and ghosts. In order to prevent fires and get rid of rats at a local flour mill in Crayford, this man developed the first sprinkler system and the first re-setting mousetrap. This man, whose son of the same name wrote a biography of him entitled A Genius in the Family, also built an amusement park ride called the ";Captive Flying Machine"; at Blackpool Pleasure Beachto fund his failed research on airplanes. His best-known invention was financed by andsometimes named for Albert Vickers. That invention was first used during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, and then developed for use during the Matabele War and the Battle of Omdurman. His invention was a rival to the design of Benjamin Hotchkiss, and used recoil force to improve upon the crank that was needed to operate the Gatling gun. For 10 points, name this man who invented the first fully automatic gun.
This longtime atheist authored a scrapbook addressed to the Chinese statesman Li Hung Chang, in which he apologized for the fact that European missionaries were dumb enough to believe in devils and ghosts.
Sir Hiram [Stevens]  Maxim