Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Maxim Silencers

From Graces Guide

Maxim Silencers Inc, of Houston

1895 Company founded by Hiram Maxim to make silencers

Specialists in industrial noise control, evaporators and catalytic treatments

1955 Frederick Braby and Co acquired a controlling interest in Maxim Silencers Ltd; Maxim had patents in silencers and in heat exchangers for marine use, especially distillation of water[1] (also see advert)

1959 Supplied heat exchangers for marine use (see advert)

1962 The Maxim division of AMF International designed and supplied evaporators made by Frederick Braby and Co for the "Transvaal Castle"[2]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Jan 11, 1957
  2. The Times, Jan 18, 1962
  • company website [1]