(en) Malcolm Browne, 100 YEARS OF MAXIM'S 'KILLING MACHINE'. New York Times (26 november 1985). Geraadpleegd op 6 september 2009. “In 1882 I was in Vienna, where I met an American whom I had known in the States. He said: 'Hang your chemistry and electricity! If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each others' throats with greater facility.”
