Original British Vickers Family Handwritten Letter of First Maxim Gun Test Fire - A Note That Changed the World- Dated April 8th, 1885 British "Bobby" Police It is in its original

It is in its original Civil War configuration and has no post-war alterations

two stage horsehair hackle (black over light blue) and original thin leather chinstrap

Weight: 140 lbs

designed to spring into place and to be suitable with use of the new steel jag was installed and the nosecap was redesigned

Original British Vickers Family Handwritten Letter of First Maxim Gun Test Fire - A Note That Changed the World- Dated April 8th, 1885 British "Bobby" Police It is in its originalOriginal Item: One of a kind. Too few people know that the American inventor Hiram Maxim of Maine had in fact invented a light bulb rivaling that of Thomas Alva Edison and that the Edison organization paid Maxim off with $20,000 per year in 1883 to withdraw from the electricity business and to leave the United States for a minimum of ten years. Maxim travelled to England and pursued his second passion, his system to create the first true machine gun.