Railway Switch (open access)

Railway Switch

Patent for a railway switch. This invention is designed to allow automatically operated by the wheels of the rail cars. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Herrington, Jacob
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Projectile (open access)

Aerial Projectile

Patent for an aerial projectile for use as an anti-infantry bomb, dropped by planes. Specifically, it is a fragmentation bomb hand dropped from planes that will not only deliver an explosive blast and the subsequent shrapnel, but deliver such a blast as to destroy itself so it cannot be reverse engineered.
Date: September 25, 1918
Creator: Bury, Thomas J. & Bury, Oney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lee College Courier, Volume 4, Number 19, September 1995 (open access)

Lee College Courier, Volume 4, Number 19, September 1995

Newsletter of Lee College discussing news, events, and other updates.
Date: September 25, 1995
Creator: Lee College (Baytown, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History