, 1859-05-20
THE HILL AIR LIGIIT.-.TIIE IN.
VENTOI{ IN HIS OWN BEAALF."-
FACTS, NOT PROMISES.


imports nj demanded. If the invention has
been reached which shall OTTER and 1nantaln al
that is claimed for this light, the public MIL
everywhere give their verdict and their adheF-
ence (which fur the inventor is still betteF) to II
plan Of illumination at once SO simple, beauthnl
and desirable, from its cheapncss as compared
with gas, and lis Illuminating qualities as c"'r-
pared with AMI. illuminator whutcrcr~
Not ouly in your columns, hut BY au, has tic
Hill Air Light been pronounced among the
great inventions Of tile age. 1t is nothing ncw
in the history Of Inventions, that solne one
coming after, aided by some fortuitous circnu'~
stance Of position. OF by some accommodating
ricws of moral obligations, should strive to step
in and bear away the palm. The G'Uta Air
Liylt comes under one Of these two heads. 1t
hat been atnbitiously advertised in Chicago and
and elsewhere, and its claims sonndingly put
forth, striving to keep pace with Mr.. Hills in
vention in public attention and fasor. The
Griiten claims have been easily met aud ar-
swercd, and the transparency Of the attempted
fraud-can it bc termed uuything else ?--ex~
posed aud rcfuted-
"Who is Prof: GritTen ?" The Hudson n. T.
Daily Star seems to know who he is, and it has
been stated through your own columns before.
But it may be worth willie to quote from the
Star:
"0ur surprise ut the sudden apparitiou Of !,
Grit1en Air Light was very nutural and the
inquiry Us naturally foIlowed-Who is I>rol.
Gritfen:' We were not long in ascertainn:;;
what indeed nc had already sur,nised, that it
was no other than Mr. Jonathan Gri.frn form
erly employed BY Prof. Hill as carpenter
machiuist. We mentioned tllc fact to few
friends, and they sud immediately. Al, there y
foul play. We thought 50 too; for it was well
known that Mr. Griticn was no chemist, lad no
laboratory, and could hot be personally qualified
10 manipulate, much less rlginatc, process
like that of Prof. Hills. As ior the gent. with
whom Mr. Griffin became associated about this
time it was equally wcll known that hc made
no pretensions whaterer to scientific acquire
n,ents-so where .vn{d the new Air Light
come from, unless born Of some stray fragments
Of legitimate process, clandestnely obtained,
as the servants Of Guttcnburg and Faust OBJ
famed and diyulEed the art Of printing"
But there is something murc to be said, aud
it ;las beon said, reluctantly, and only because
forced upon him. In a long and able comulun!-
cation over his own signature in the newspaper
just referred to, Of tie date Of May 18th, Prof
Hill comes out in bis own behalf The whole
letter is OF vu1ue and weight upon the point and
would be read with interest. a few extracts
cover the 1uain points as concerning this Grit.
f.n and b;s so.c,,,cd Air 1,;cbt Thc ,yr;,cr
saws:
I am aversc to public vindication crcn Of my
undoubted rights; this believe is only sl!c
! - ! , ! E..
touching this subject j but there is time wliri:
"torbearance ceascs to b. a virtuc.'' That time
has arrived with mt and would 1,u, be Just
to myself or to NV associates if failed tu speak,
plainy and unequiroc4ly, that which I IL,
know"
Either the agents or principals Of certain
prditirdl & -4tr LjaAt" have most outrageous, ,
belied my enterprise, and have strung out 1ler
more than serpent slime from Hudson to Cc..-
60 Of the truth Vi this assertion lave thr
most unqucstiuuablc rropf, which am ready to
! produce whenever it il,ay be fuunL necessary ;
upt am Us well prepared to hhuw up certain
foolish funny and franLnlcn. tnao:uvers III these
gassy tillibusters in respect to crlt: ',Eafd< Il
t, aud D." And tile fir probability is tllat Il
showing up" and a " summing up may crme,
uncalcd Tor and unwislrl tuE by the parties u
the bluck aag. With this, to me, unpleasant
| Introduction, will proceed tu give yt,u few
i tac=e.
F4c7 l. 1t in uniyc7suHy h'o'rn in this COM
1nunitv that nnl the inventor Of the -iir. Lt,ht
TO argue this point would be iikr attempting Il
prove tint you are tue editors Of the Ut.Iy Star
invented ibis light three years ago, attcr about
twelve years hard study. Its history, in this
respect, was pinccd before your rcu,:crs NOR.
thai, two years since in II, able article. writtc,
t BY Hon. !. $. Gould. The 18th day u! june
17:'~. the United Statca Eaten, Olcc granted III.
pascut. This paper is bruad and umplc, y
| t.-.
hun.biy believe il its power I" protect lis sEail>
infringement; ut nli events, vi shall soun tr'
it, lesal potency. cannot speak fully Of III.
| claim, Historically, tu this invention, withn,l
seeming egotistn, and will lcavc this for othrrs
viii add only 1llat the MAN who originutrd III
only existing piracy on my rights, was. in H.
early struggle utter mechanical alr}a'ce i
fed at my table, paid tut ul my purse. and Il,
purses Of my associates, garc Us y full rect'i
Tor his wages when he irt,, (which I HOW huid
frequently owned afterwards that treated hi,
like gentleman, and. to cut short Il lon:; sci
tence, S}tf part Of thr timr. in the aforesaid |:
boratory, anong my,hfnuiult'
This same min, who NOW stalks abroad in hi
borrowed plu,ncs,' proved himself wholly j,
competent to construct q good working iii
chine; lie was dismissed Oh that account,
SIX competent witnesses, n,en then forming II
Gas Company, will testify. Now he rlrad.
before the world the same machine, sn',sta
TALLY, We paid him TO buil u i '' wonderful il
veution;" as "the greatest invention of /:
age;" us :1ring the most brilliant light lIe
acquainted with" and as ra;,al!t Of sapp!rir
family BY being wound "once in TEN BAYS
| See his Hudson, lIita4o and Tristan Xandai.
See them for the abnvc f4ct.; srr them :s >1et
mems Of the tremendous business capacity
the rcycred J'rcft~sor's chief conlpccr, who, /
! the way, spent many weeks Inst summer
! ..3
; ! in my enterprise SEE them Il, prouf If /!
! brazrn, unblusEing mputtrncc with WINCH
, patcnt pirate may put firth claim which
"conceircd in sin and bron=l, forth in iniluity
, Ii may b. said thAt this ,..;.t has :: pate:
+ So he hus two OF them, su,h as thy are. Il
fluid "A 49, e and u" pa;rut | have fl
> cupy Of with the ACCOMMODATING, cnrresnu
d.ncc. Gentle reader, wly tin vou su,i,
is Is left oute | will tell you son,r lin
= | What do you srnpose !, ). 'Ea and IT. mn
q of 1misernbte makiu.. too>9 Whr. the =,
\ sa,n< inqr<i,<nks tie renowned Professor n,
g among. Pour fellow rejected wholly in
g direct attempts to patent hot lime wu,e-,
r patches 1T, III absurd anil cntirrlv worth,
g method OF working these in yrciien,s, md pal
= it off upon the Patent Office. 80" / unrs;
i, tinrly say tha, the hot line w;trr nroc,,, J.
!. niece of chemical tom -toolcry. and INV. n,n
n over that he is no, 7.;n7 Ais ra,fat at iii: ii
:: is. If bv his pateut it is meant to include ~
y. j." This Auid A IN a hocus- pnc,s and wnr
r. lcss method Of miyjhy " caa]-tar. wood +
70 crude turpeutine. &C. It is his. merely.
=. his rery funny method Of treating these iur
dents. {known, pui{i.}v. fao yta.s we, tu
p1rf and rarrl n tnv ii.yrtIiruif. and rtUk,f
to lin w;tb H,ne and 7,sut u1 carboric acid =.
Has rejected bY the Patent office. In tt,r +
trarv. hc is usiu~ hh-0{t with or withor
I'd touch of Rosin nnptha.
~. In connection with This v1, sar furt]
lc that an u<;r0 nv natfof. working # daiIy :
-. ncrfect SUCCESS. | viii hack IN r;;hrr or i
h, of these assertions by a forfeiture Of \,
cd proyidinp the parties referred 10 will do
cc | same m The otno,ite. and uroridin~ lin,
n. | cnsh shall be- dcno,it+d and the tcrn* hr|d