The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-10-17

TORPEDOES.'
THE nj bEsTs
pETRAEUM TaaeEDa CO.
Office at eAe
R1D PLANNING MILL.
CORNER OF Pine and Second Streets,
'Hrnr the E1iiroadO
TrTUaviLLE, PA.
Owing 10 the large and increasing dpmand for the
'tuo"ts lorpeioei, and the laie decision OF the
SOnnii'sioner Of Pa'eats 10 refusing to VIM. Reed
2atent. aad the decision of J1,.gc r. q Guer sus.
iaa'ue ihc i.,Sers pitent they nave LOWERED
Che price Ot their rorpcdoe~
TWENTY PER CENT.
so tha: c,"rv Operator can afford 10 try a Torpedo
SeFurs abandoning Wei.
The fcowtn. IS the decision rendered BIZ .Jusre
Srtsr on the twenty second (22l day of srit.nbs.r
l". il! the United state. Circuit Cont ut ph;lude,
r1ia. The ca. c was Rr1ucd three iavs by CHARLES
N Keller Of New fork, b. = Lucas and & A. pur.
vance o. Pittsburgh, for defendants and ceorra
Harding of Philadelphia, ana George H. ua,i.ty. of
Pittsburgh, for plaintiff.
OPINION OF JUDGE GREER.
AS write With difficulty can only state the con
ciusons 10 which ray mind has come after care,i
examination Of this case
Vac complain mt has exhibited a r,atert d,.el
25ta of april, 1865. This il prina .sci eyidenc. az
good title, ana puts o.. the respondents the bur
den of proof that the patent is void or wortblass
need not repeat my remarks inthe case Of Good.
Yenr W.. Day q Wall. G. c. Rep: z:g) bat nov
adopt they as aor.ing rule OF decision which an.
pies clearly to the present case.
As iiie Infringement Of the patent is admit ted
the only question will be as to the validity of com.
plainan's patent of April 25, ls5S
''lt was Alter speculation had been rc,luced to
practice" and after repeated exncriments thot ths
complainant succeeded in overcoming he prejudice
and 1gaoranceof the people on the subject and
p'rsading the public that his invention was usef
alter he hid established its great utility and y,a
and when his genius and patient perseverance. in
spite o! sncers and scofs,' were Completely sue.
ces';isl, that Feed, who had before made Svnnri
meats on the SINE subject and was nnsrrressfn
in,ginei taat he had the best ight to tlenven,ion
ncd after purchasing one OF more COMPLAINANT 4 tor
pedoeS, ne applied on the LIST of November Ist7
for patent FOR substantially the same comhina
ton' OF devices and achine contained in co,nDlnjn
ants patent, On the 18th of the same monTh the
respondents formed themselves into n cnmnanv nv
corporation called "rhe Reed Torped) Comnnr,v .
for the purpose of pirating the c1,npainoni's in.
vention ana supporting the expense of litigation.
ana thus defraud him of the fruits. They have ne
severed even after the preliminary Injunction yery
properli granted By the District .iud.e
Let decree be entered forcompainlnt for per-
petlal injunction. and Nsster appointed 10 fake
M account according to the prayer of the bill,
X. q. GRIER, Judge
NOrE-The passage referred to bv judge Grier in
MS former decis' Wallace, p 800 adopted as
applicable to this cas-, was as follows:
~ is usually the case, when any valuable tscov.
cry IL made or any new machine OF crsat ulii,v ia
inSeBted that the attention OF the public has hnn1
Turned to Tint subject previously and that n,ry
persons hive BEEN making researches md cyneri.
Uents. philosophers anu mechancians may nav,
III some measure anticipated in their sn,cli,ations
tie possibility or probability of sueh discovery o-
IN 'entiot; many experiments have beer successful
y Iied, Coming yeiJ near. yet falling short of the
Ces'red result. They have produced uolhin, bene-
neal The invention When perfected niay ,rulv be
said to be the culninaiing point OF ,aaIy cyneri.
men g. not only by the inventor Int BY r,nuv 9TH
Grs. te may have proited indirectly nv tha i,nsrr
coasiu' experiments ard failures Of other. bnt il
gives thein no right to claim share of the honor of
tie profit of the successful iuyrutor. II Ia ,ybnn
speculation has been reduced to practice when ey
Esriincnt has resulted in dis 0yery and when Il NJ
discovery has been perfect, by patient ana contin
NeH experiments when sOms new compound. art
ma"uiacrre. or machine has been thus produced
1hlcn is useful to tepublic that the rqrtv Inakiurn II
becomes apubic ben factor and entitled to uateu,
"And yet when eeniuS and patient psrseyeronr,-
rave at length succeeded, in spite of sn,ers and
feof' some valuable invention or disco-cry hoy
seldom is II followed by reward Envy robs him
a ING honor, " nue. specul.tors,. swndle s. and pi-
rates rob him of tire profits. Every un-uccessiul
exIS 1iener who did or did or did rot come yCry
ne.t making discovery now claims It. Every o,o
mo can haven't an Improvement or vary its form
Claims right to pirate the original discovery we
need nor summons Morse, or Blanchard or Wood.
WORTH TO prove tnat this is the usual history OF eve
~ great dtHcOv:ry or invention
THE preSent case adds another cbapte- to this
ons snc aniforn bistorS."-2 Wallace, C. G. I.e.
ports p. Se2