The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-12-07
ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO.

.TORPEDOES.
TlIE ROBERTS
TEERDLEuA ThapEDO co.
:. - Office ;,t tIre
RED pLANITG NlIhL.
Corner OF Pine ard Second Streets,
,Nearti,e EsEtIrocd,)
TTTUSVILLE, Pa. :.
Owing TO the large and increasing demand for the
Roberts forpei0es, and the late decision OF the
SoulinissOneg of P1to'its in refusing to VIM. Reed
patent, and the dsc5ion OF Judge R. G. Grier sus
farming the Roberts pitcnt they nave LOWERED
the price Of their NorpedOes
SrwENrI.. PER CENT.
20 that every Operator can afford " Try 4 Torpedo
before abandoning Wvl.
Ihe following is the decision rendered bv Jnaco
Grer on the twenty ysOcOnd t22) day of Sentember.
1SG in the United States Circuit Ccurt at Ph,ilaaj
pthia: The csse was srsqed three days by Charles
81. Keller Of New York, B. Z. Lucas and :, A. Pur
viance OF Pittsburgh, 4Or dCseldants and Ceorre
mardlns,,ot Phiiadelpnia, ard George Il. Chrisy of
fittsoursh, for .laE.in.
OPINION OF JUDGE GEIER.
As write wita difficulty can only state the con
ctusions to which ny mind mas come after a caretr
examination OF this case.
The complainant has exhibited a uatent datod
18th Of April, lSG5. This is prma itcie eyiiorc r
@ good title, and puts on the respondents the bur.
zen OF proof that the patent is void or worthless
necd not repeat nly rer,ari,s IN ihe crseof c.,
year vs.; Day e Wall, c. {. Rep: 2a9j but now
adopt them as ailording rule oi decision which an
plies clearly to the present case. ~
IA the Infringement of tie patent ia admitted
the only question viii be to the validity of cnuI
plananis patent of April aj, 1855
at was after speculation had been reducel q,
practice" and after repeated experiments thnt ina
complainant succeeded in overcoming he nrerdice
and ignorance of the people ON the subject and
PrtsaaunS the public that his invtn:ion was useful.
after he had Established is great utility and vnlna
aao WHOM MS genius anu patient perseverance. in
spite OF sneers and sco:is,' were completely suc
cessfnl, tnat Reed, who had before made. axncri
inentS on the same subject, and WIS nn,nrcesrf,i
imagined that he had iIe bes right 10 theivenion
al! a.tsr purchasing one more oomplanant's tor.
pedueS' nc applied On the LIST of November lstt
ZOE y pt's4. iur substantially the same Combiul.
tons Of devices and machine Contained in eomnjnjn
auts p@tebt. On tAe l5th of the same month the
feslundeu,S i)rIed themselves into a cnr,n,ny nv
corporation called The Reed rorpedo t'nh,nany ;,
Tor tho purpose oi rlrdting the c'unDainani,s Ia
Nentisni md sTpport.n- the expense OF litigation
ana tAls deitaul ma Of the lrls. The hlyc No..
severed, c'en SITTER the preliminary ininnctnn ~
. lEopttly St''n.ed By the District Judge
LEI a decree he entered fUrcompainant TO, n ner.
pe-uAi injunction. and Mastgr au;,oinfoj to III,
an accom-, according to the prayer of the Bill.
Il. Z. GRiER, Judge.
NoVE-Ihe passage rofcrred to by JUDGE Crior u,
,ls 'uFisf a on Wallace, ,. 29J adopted Us
app lctoie 70 THIS case was follows:
ii j. lru3iiy tAe case, when any valuable discoy
cY Is m'de or any new inachiue Of great mi iv IA
invented That tieUtteuti0n of the itblc h,. IL, -,
A"Aci 10 mat subject previously, and thar ,u,nv
persons nave been making researches and eyr,r;
meats Philosophers ana nlecianiciaps ,onv hava
lnseme measure anticipated in tneir sn-r';Ioti",s =
tle ios,'ollty or PROBABILITY of such discovery or
invention; many experiments have bee .uccn.sft,l.
!! ulel coming Veiy near We. falling shori ~ tba
dt7l;ed result They hive produced nothing benp.
Ac9L me Invention when perfected may truly he
stln 10 De thc eliminating point oil many exneri.
IiI"n = iiut oAy bytAe ihvcntor, hut by many oth-
ors ne may have proiited Indirectly hy Tie iynsnr
ceSsiul experiments aud failures of otLer1 h1t !,
fl'e- mem no right - ca IN share of the honor al
uhe p.Vnt o. tDe successful inventor. n j. who,
specnia'ion has becn reduc d Practice when av
lerihsni ias resulted in scovery and when tIS,
usco'c'y mas been perfected by patient and cnntin.
ned experiments, when some ney comnoInd arr
ihanutactnre, Oc machine has be.,l rhris nrnapcni
Wch Is useu 10 epubiic that the party making i;
Dee3h4i- apuo.c b1ntilctOr and EMIT led 10 na art
"And yet when genius and patient perseverance,
nave NJ length Succeeded, in spite of sneer. AMI
teohs' : me valuable lHvcutiOn or discO.ery bo,v
seldom Is il followed by reward Envy robs lin,
OF the honor, While spccuiatots swindrr's ond ~
Rates roo MIN Of the profits. Every un.nccnssifl
tNjerlWrntet WHO did or I'D or did not cone y,rv
near hit!.liE u discovery now claims it, Eyprv on
WHO can invent an Improvement or vary its form,
cA',ii5 right TO pirate the original discovery We
need not summons Moist, or Blanchard or Wa
T! great discovery or invention "
"lhe present ease acds another chapter IN this
iong and uniform histor, ."-2 Wallace O. q Kp,
por!s p. 2e2. -