Oh my lord, Mr Grasse is right, almost! We did indeed invent a gun that could fire an almost constant stream of bullets, just not when Mr Grasse claims, in actual fact it was invented by James Puckle in 1718 (that's 171 years before Mr Grasse states). The idea of such a gun was expanded on and improved by many others before Hiram Maxim invented the Maxim gun that Mr Grasse talks about, oh and one other point Hiram Maxim was born in America and did not take citizenship in Britain until 1899 (10 years after the invention of his gun) therefore the Maxim Gun was actually an American invention!
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