The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . , Maine, Feb. 5, 1840. He practicallyeducated himself, his early schooling being limitedto the common institutions of his native state. Whilestill a mere boy he showed a decided taste for me-chanics, and at the age of 24 became employed inthe extensive machine-shops of an uncle at Fitch-burg, Massachusetts. Later he was a draughtsmanin New York and Boston, and in 1877 began experi-menting with electricity, making a number of usefulinventions. He was among the first to make dyna-mo-electric machines and elec
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . , Maine, Feb. 5, 1840. He practicallyeducated himself, his early schooling being limitedto the common institutions of his native state. Whilestill a mere boy he showed a decided taste for me-chanics, and at the age of 24 became employed inthe extensive machine-shops of an uncle at Fitch-burg, Massachusetts. Later he was a draughtsmanin New York and Boston, and in 1877 began experi-menting with electricity, making a number of usefulinventions. He was among the first to make dyna-mo-electric machines and electric lamps, and thefirst to make incandescent lamp carbons by theprocess of flashing or electrically heating thecarbons in an atmosphere of hydro-carbon 1883 he turned his attention to automatic guns,exhibiting his gun, which was a wonder to scientificmen, in 1884. In this machine he attempted toutilize the recoil energy of the gun to perform thefunctions of loading and firing, and succeeded inproducing a machine that would fire six hundred M A X - M U L L E R — M A Y S3. MAX-lIULLEk, shots a minute from a single barrel. The Maximgun was used to great advantage by the British sol-diers in the Matabele war in South Africa, and wasadopted in the French navy, using a one and one-half inch bore and cast-iron explosive latest investigations were concerning the ques-tion of aerial navigation. Among his numerousinventions are smokeless powder, incandescent lampcarbons, search-lights and an electric current regu-lator, for the invention of which he was made achevalier of the Legion of Honor by PresidentGrevy of France. He was decorated by the Sultanof Turkey with the Grand Order of the Medjidieh,and knighted by the Queen of England. MAX-MULLER, Friedrich, an Anglo-Germanphilologist, and son of the poet, Wilhelm Miiller, was born at Dessau, Ger-many, Dec. 6, 1823. Hewas educated at Leipsicand Berlin, and took hisdegree in 1843, after whichhe proceeded to Pari
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