The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-12-08
ROBEKTS'. PETROLEUM yTORPEDO.
.TORPEDOES.
THE lsORERTs
PETR0EEvM TORPEDO CD.
Office at the
RED PLANNING MILL,
CORNER otPine and second Streets,
Near tho Hatfr0ad,)
TITUSVILLE, PA. ::
ROBEKTY' PETROLEUM >TORPEDO.

wear tn0 kfatfrOodO
TITUsvILLE, PA. ;:
Owing 70 the large and increasing demand for the
Roberts Torpedpes, and the late decision OF the
S,;uIuissiouer Of Pau nts In refusing to VIM Reed
patent. and the decision of judge r. Z. Giler aus
taining the Roberts patent they have LOW EKED
tho price VI their Torpeioes
..TWENri. PER CENT.
90 that every Operator can afford ~ try Torpedo
bslorv abandoning Well.
The following is the decision rendered by Judge
Grier on the twenty second (22) day of September
)s, in the United States Circuit Court at Philade
phia. The case was argued three days by Charles
n. Keller Of New York, b. 4. Lucas and s. A. pur.
Vance of Pittshurgh, for defendants, and George
Harding of Philadelphia, and George L. Chrisiy. of
Pissburgh, for plaintiff.
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER.
As write with difficulty can only state the con
clusions to which my mind has come after a car,u
examination OF this case.
The complainant has exhibited a pa.en, dated
o good title, and puts on the respondents the bur.
den OF PROOF that the patent is void or worthless
need not repeat my remarks in the case Of Good
year year! W; y Day y wall, Z. Z. Rep, 229) bat now
plies Clearly to the present case.
As the infringement Of the patent Is adni, ted
the only question viii be Us to the validity OF com
plainarits patent Of April q, 5,ls5S.
ut was after speculation had been reduced 70
practice" and after repeated experiments thar tho
complainant succeeded in overcoming he prejudice
ana ignorance OF the people On the subject and
persuading the public that his invention was useI,
after he had established its great utility and yalne
and when his genus and patien, perseverance,, il,
spite OF sncers and scofl.,i were counIe,elv src
cessfu that Reed, who had before made exneri
Inenis on the same sUhject, and was ,,Isucce,sfrl
Unsigned that he had the best right to the invention
aoo aiter purchasing one OF more complainant, : tor
pedots. he applied on the l.: of November. 1sts,
for patent for substantially the same combina
tions of devices and machine contained in co,nplain
ants pa.en.' On tne 10th Of the same month the
respondents formed themselves into a comp.ny or
corporation called "The Reed Torpedo Corpany. >
for the purpose OF pirating the cumplainani,s in
seitSn, Jpn, aS supporting the expense ot litigation,
severed, even after the preliminary Injunction yery
properly gfanted by the district Judge
, lie. afcree Oe entered for complainant for per.
petuai INJUNCTION and Master appointed to take
AZ account according to the prayer of the bill.
n. Z. GitIER, Judge.
NorE.-The passage referred to bv .Tud,e Gricr in
his former dscls'on, Wallace, D. 299. aiopted IA
ppicabie to this case wSe as follows:
IT 10 usually the case, when any valuable discoy.
cry ID made, or any new machine Of great utity il
Invented, that the attention Of the public has 6een
turned to that subject previously, and that many
persons have been making researches and cxperI
lnents. Philosophers anu nlechanicians may Eava
III SEINE measure anticipated in their spec,;lations
thApossi5iiity or probability Of such discovery q,
itption; many experiments have beer successrul
- uiet eon"S hciy yet lilln5 short OF the
desired result They have produced nothing beuc
ncial. The invention wheh perfected Inay trnlv b,
said to be the eliminating point OF many expert
men 6, IN not only by the inventor, but by many 9TH
csssful experiments and failures of others, but II
gives them no right TO claim share OF the nor O.
lie profit OF the successful inventor IL is Wher
speculation has been reduced to practice, when ey
pertinent has resulted In discovery and when tha
discovery has been perfected by patient anc conin
ued experiments, when some new compound, art
manufacture, or nlacninc has been thus PRODUCED
which Is useful to the public that the party making
becomes apuolic benefactor and entitled to patent
"And yet when genius and patient perseverance,
have at length succeeded in spite of sneers ant
SCOTS, some valuable invention or disco"ery, how
seldom is il followed by reward Envy robs hin
OF the honor, while speculators swjndlers, and pi
rates rob him OF the profits. Every unsuccessful
exyerimenter who did or did or did not come yer,
near making a discovery now claims it. Every on
who can invent an Improvement or vary its form
claims right to pirate the original discovery W,
need not summons Morse, or Blanchard. or Wood
worth prove that this is the usual history of eve
ry great discovery or invention.
"The present case ADDS another chapter to thi
long and uniform history."-2 Wallace, c. c. Re
ports p. 202.