The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-06-14
; ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO CO.
Office ut the
RED planning MILL,
.(Near the RatlrOad,)
ITUSVILLE, PA.


Owing TO the large and increasing demand for the
Roberts Torpedoes. and the late decision of the
Commissioner of Patents in refusing to Wm. Reed
patent and the ,tisi III of Judge u. Gtier sns-
tanning the koberts' patent they lave LOW Erred
the price Of their Torpedoes
TWENTY PER CENT.
SO that every Operator can afford to try Torpedo
before abandoning We'll.
The following Is the decision rendered by Judge
Grier on the twenty second (22) day of September,
lSt9, in the United States Circuit Court at Phlade
phia. The case argned three days by Charles
NJ. Keller Of New York. B. Y. Lucas and ;. A Pur.
viance of Pittsburgh, for defendants. and George
Harding of Philadelphia, and George II. Chrisiy,
Pittsburgh, for plaintiff.
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER.
As write with difficulty can only state the con
illusions to which my mind has come after care!u.
examination of this case. i
The com ,lainent has exhibited a patent dated
25th of April 1850 This IL prima facie evidence of
den Of proof that the patent is void or worthless
neei not repeat my remarks in the case Of Good.
year Day q Wall, c. C. Rep 2s9) but now
adopt them as affording rule OF decision which ap-
plies clearly to the present case.
As the Infringement of the patent Is admit ted,
the only question will he to the validity of
planan,s patent Of April p, 1883.
at was after speculation had been reduced to
practice " and after repeated experiments, that the
complainant succeeded in overcoming he prejudice
and ignorance of the people on the subject. and
after he had established its great utility and value
and "when his genius and patient perseverance, in
| spite of sncers and scoifs,n were completely sue
ces- -ful that Reed, vino had before made expert
| ments on the same subject, and was unsuccessful,
imagined that he had the best right to te enventiOn,
ard after purchasing one of more Conplainant-to
pedoes he applied on the lst OF November, 1851,
| for q patent for substantially the same comhina
tions OF devices ard machine ntansd in complain
ants patent. On the 18th of the same month the
4 respondents formed themselves into company or
Had
| for the purpose of pirating the compainants in
vention, aud supportn. the expense of litigation.
aud thus defraud him Of the frnits. They have PEI;
severed utter the preliminary injunction very
! properly granted hv the District Judge.
| Let decree be entered for complainant for per-
petual Injunction. and Master appointed to take
AL account according to the prayer Of the hill
| X. Z. GRIER, Judge.
NorE.-The passage referred TO By Judge Grier in
his forme, decision, Wallace, p. 299. adopted as
| ADD Dlicable to this case was as follows:
at is usually the case. hen any valuable discov
cry Is made, any new machine of Grent ui ity il
invented, that the attention of the public has becn
turned to that subject prev vosly, and that many
persons have hesn making researches and experi
| ments Philosophers and mec.lanicians may have
| Ill some measure anticipated in their IN cuation-
the possibility or probability OF such discovery %,
invention; many experiments have beet successful
" tried coming very yet failing short IT the
desicd result They have produced nohng bene
ficial The invention wlieu perfected may truly b,
mon :, not only by the inventor, hut by many 9th
ors lie may hav. prnfited udirecrly bv the ilnsIlc
cessful experiments and failures of Others bus Il
gives them right 80 cam II share OF the he nor o.
the profit of the successful inventor 1t l. when
speculation has been reduced to practice, when ex
pertinent ,ia- resulted in discovery and when thai
discovery has been perfected ny patient anu contin
| ued experiments. %heu some new compound art
manutactule, or machine has beeu thu. produce,
winch is useful to public that the party making il
becomes apublic benriactor and entitled I" p'sent
\ "Aud YET when genius and pa.i NJ ptr.everanc,
have ut length succeeded, in sii Of sn,crs ant
lcoffs, some valuable Invention Or disco" cry, how
| seldom Is j, followed by reverb Envy robs lin
of the honor, Mhe Spectators, swindiel and ri
| rates rob him of tile profits. Every un-uccessiu
exueriIncnter who did or did or did not come yer,
near making discovery nrw claims it.. Every oni
| who ca invent an improvement vary its form
clsims right to pirate the original discovery. W,
need not summons Morse. or blanchard. or Wood
worth to prove that ti, is the usual history of eve
| nv great discovery or invention.
'"Ihe present case ADDS another chapter tp thi.
| long ana uniform hslory."-2 Wallace, L. Z. IL.
| purts d. a5!