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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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Shooting Torpedo.
Patent for "torpedoes of the type used in "shooting" wells, the object being to provide a torpedo which will be especially useful in the removal of casings from wells" (lines 9-13), such as easier removal from dry wells. Also, modifications to the hammer are noted to ensure explosion.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Franklin, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History