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  Hotchkiss may refer to:

  • Benjamin B. Hotchkiss
    Benjamin B. Hotchkiss

    Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss was one of the leading American Weapon engineering of his day....
     - a 19th century American engineer
    • Hotchkiss et Cie
      Hotchkiss et Cie

      Soci?t? Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Cie was a French arms and car company established by United States engineer Benjamin B....
       - Hotchkiss Company, a French arms and car manufacturer set up by Benjamin Hotchkiss; full name: Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Cie
      • Hotchkiss gun
        Hotchkiss gun

        The Hotchkiss gun can refer to different products of the Hotchkiss et Cie arms company starting in the late 1800s. It usually refers to the 1.65-inch light mountain gun; there was also a 3-inch Hotchkiss gun....
         - a product of the Hotchkiss company
      • Hotchkiss machine gun
        Hotchkiss machine gun

        Hotchkiss machine gun:*Hotchkiss M1909 Benet-Mercie machine gun, light machine gun also known as the "Hotchkiss Mark I" in British service*Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun, medium machine gun...
         - a product of the Hotchkiss company
      • Hotchkiss (automobile)
        Hotchkiss (automobile)

        Hotchkiss cars were made between 1903 and 1955 by the French company Hotchkiss et Cie in Saint-Denis, Paris. The badge for the marque showed a pair of crossed cannons, evoking the company's earlier history as an arms manufacturer....
         - a product of the Hotchkiss company
      • Hotchkiss drive
        Hotchkiss drive

        The Hotchkiss drive is a system of power transmission. It was the dominant form of power transmission for FR layout automobile in the 20th century....
         - Automotive power transmission
        Power transmission

        Power transmission is the movement of energy from its place of generation to a location where it is applied to performing useful Mechanical work....
         first used by the Hotchkiss company
      • Hotchkiss H35
        Hotchkiss H35

        The Hotchkiss H35 or Char l?ger mod?le 1935 H was a French light tank developed prior to World War II....
         (H38, H39) - a French light tank developed prior to World War II by the Hotchkiss company.
    • Maria Bissell Hotchkiss
      Maria Bissell Hotchkiss

      Maria Bissell Hotchkiss was the wife of U.S. engineer Benjamin B. Hotchkiss. After his death in 1885, she founded the Hotchkiss School in her husband's native Connecticut in 1891....
       - wife of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss and founder of Hotchkiss School and Hotchkiss Library
      • The Hotchkiss School - a preparatory school in Connecticut
        Connecticut

        Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
        , USA
  • Jedediah Hotchkiss
    Jedediah Hotchkiss

    Jedediah Hotchkiss , also known as Jed, was an educator and the most famous cartography and topographer of the American Civil War. His detailed and accurate maps of the Shenandoah Valley are credited by many as a principal factor in Confederate States Army General Stonewall Jackson's victories in the Valley Campaign of 1862....
     - a cartographer for the Confederate Army
    Confederate States Army

    The Confederate States Army was a military organization whose primary mission was to provide the necessary forces and capabilities to support the National Security and defense of the Confederate States of America during its brief existence from 1861 to 1865....
     during the American Civil War
    American Civil War

    The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
  • William Hotchkiss III
    William Hotchkiss III

    Lt. Gen. William K. Hotchkiss was the 24th commanding general of the Philippine Air Force . He served various positions in preparation to the more demanding position in the PAF....
     - former commanding general of the Philippine Air Force
    Philippine Air Force

    unit_name= Philippine Air ForceHukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas|image= |caption= Philippine Air Force Emblem|start_date= July 1, 1947 |country= Republic of the Philippines...
  • Hotchkiss, Colorado
    Hotchkiss, Colorado

    Hotchkiss is a Colorado municipalities#Statutory_Town in Delta County, Colorado, Colorado, United States. The population was 968 at the United States Census, 2000....
     - a town in the USA
  • Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
    Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School

    Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School is a 2005 in film comedy-drama film-musical film-romance film produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films and directed by Randall Miller....
    , two films, from 1990 and 2005


"Hotchkiss"(???? or alternatively ????? in Japanese, ???? in Korean)is also the generic name for office stapler
Stapler

A stapler is a mechanical device that joins together sheets of paper or other similar materials by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and folding over the ends to secure the paper....
s in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 and Korea
Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
, almost certainly deriving from the brand name of early staplers, in much the same way as "Hoover
The Hoover Company

The Hoover Company started out as an American floor care manufacturer based in North Canton, Ohio, Ohio. It also established a major base in the United Kingdom and for most of the early-and-mid-20th century, it dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry, to the point where the "hoover" Genericized trademark for vacuum cleaners and vacuum...
" is used as a generic name for vacuum cleaners in the UK. As explained in , the name derives from an American company named E H Hotchkiss which made staplers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many Japanese sources erroneously attribute the name to Benjamin B. Hotchkiss
Benjamin B. Hotchkiss

Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss was one of the leading American Weapon engineering of his day....
, who may have been an uncle of E H Hotchkiss.

The surname
Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases a surname is a family name; the family-name meaning first appeared in 1375....
 "Hotchkiss" is a variant of Hodgkin
Hodgkin

Hodgkin may refer to:People with the surname Hodgkin who are part of an extended Quaker family:*Alan Lloyd Hodgkin , British physiologist and biophysicist...
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