Fire-safe hotels and motels in Swedesboro, New Jersey: 1  Holiday Inn Select Bridgeport, 1 Pureland Dr I-295 Exit 10, Swedesboro, NJ 08085, Phone: (856) 467-3322, Fax: (856) 467-3031.
Quick Answer. The first working gun silencer was developed by Hiram P. Maxim in 1908, who started selling the first units when the invention was patented, in 1909. Hiram P. Maxim is the son of U.S. born inventor Hiram Smith Maxim who invented the first portable machine gun. Continue Reading.
'The first mass-produced autofocus camera was the Konica C35 AF, a simple point and shoot model released in 1977. The Polaroid SX-70 was the first autofocus single-lens reflex camera, released in 1978. The Pentax ME-F, which used focus sensors in the camera body coupled with a motorized lens, became the first autofocus 35mm SLR in 1981.