The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-12-10
KoBERTS' PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
.E0RP EDOES.
THE R0DERTs
PETROLEUM TealEnD CO.
Office 0t the
IL ED PLANNING MILL.
Corner OF Pine and Second Ssrccss,
Wear thc RatlrOad,)
TITUSVILLE, PA. ::

TITUSVILLE, PA. ::
Owing TO the large and increasing demand for the
i!oberts' Torpedocs, and the late decision of the
Soinmtssoner Of Patents In refusing to VIM. Reed
patont. AID the decision of judge II. e. Grter sus
taiufig tho Roberts patent they nave LOWERED
the price OF their Torpcdoes
TWENTY. PER CENT.
% that every Operator can afford ,otxy a Torpedo
before abandoning Well.
The following ia the decision rendered by Jpace
Grier on the twenty.second (22l day of ssy,smh.s
1867 IN the United states Circuit Court at PhiiaSs
Pnia: Ine case was argIcd three days by t,harIas
NJ; Al; melsr M o! New York, b. \ Lucas and S A. Pur.
yiance OF Pittsburgh, for defendants and Eaorge
Marding of Philadelphia, and George H. Ih,is,v or
E1t,rpurgh, FOR plaintiff. "
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER
As write with diiiculty can ONLY state tho co,
clualons to which my mind has coms after a caret,
examination of this case. 'u
assh aaS Of &p s Ars hi. exhibited s pa.en.
good title, aud puts on the respondents fhe hur W
den ot proof that the patent is void or worthless.
,.sr nSea no Tspsat my remarks in the Of Good
adopt them as a.Iording rule OF decision wh;.h o
plies clearly TO the present case. "A'0A "P'
the ons pe onests W Of the patent i admit
plainans patent of April 25, 1858. " S'A
III was after speculation had been resiuced IN
n,S aee repeated experiments, that the
ma
and Ignorance OF the people ON the subject, AND
pcrsuafing the public that his invention w. ,san
a,.sr ne isu esnsolished its great utility and value
M anu WHEN ms genius and patient perseverance. in
spite OF sncers and scotl. were eomn,e,ai, ai
cessfa tnat Reed, who had before mad" svar; snS
a.;,s Oh ,us s same sn2ect, and was unsuccessful
iss,neu hat ne mad the best right to the invention
and after purchasing one or more Comnia;nan,,
peaocs, ne applied ON the lst of November 1st;7
;n p'dns p dv; ios substantially the same combina
uons oi uevices and machine Contained in cnmnIa;n
ants patent. On the 10th Of the same noniP ,ha
respondents formed themselves into a con,namv . ~.
for pSe p,rness eoS o9 rhe Reed Torpedo Company"
Vention, and supporting the expanse "r I;to.;a ~
na a.a mus aerrand him of the fruits They have pee
nronery een tes tae preliminary injunction Very
Let decree he entered for comnlainar, f,- a Non
W anao ntuc.ion, and Master appointed to fake
~ A''0un' according to the prayer Of ths bill.
II. G. GtlER, Judge.
81, NoTE-The passage referred to bv Judge Grier IN
.s;n s t%smer dscIson, Wallace, p. 800 adopted "a
"pp,icauie 10 TINS case was as follows: ~
~ Is usually the case, when any yaluahIe di.,,,.
i, y IL aace or amy new machine Of great u,ity ia
,ved mat heattention Of the public has been
.!,u.i @ 70 that SUBJECT previously, and that mnnv
petsohs nave been making researches and ernsri
Hr.u,s, @ rhiiosopners ana mechauicians may have
the MEASURE anticipated in their spgcIations
,ne pvssIonlty or probability of such discovery or
inventiot; many experiments have been success f,l
ueI, coi1!iiS very near Yet falling short of the
Scis Th Tssa,, raey have produced nothing bene.
"a =
@ ssia 10 De the eliminating point OF MANY exneri.
men :, not on,y by the Inventor, but by many 9TH
ORE he may hav. protited Indirectly by the i,nsue
Sssslnl experiments and failures of others but il
Kes . men no right to claim share Of the honor of
VIC pront OF the successful inventor Ii is when
specuiation has been reduced to practice. when ex
per.nen. fias resulted in discovery and when that
u-eovsry has been perfected by patient ana contin
lied experiments, when some new communal art
MheS Is Gf mpene SS ha. been thu produced
becomes apubc benefactor and entitled IN a natant
have a yet when genius aud patient perseverance,
fcofs, some valuable invention or disco-erv ho,u
se'tom tss Is II followed by reward Envy roos him
Sa,rs .s r6 h ~ae ~ speculators swindles and p
aHperimenter who did or did did not come very
h nsa, nnfing discovery now claims it. Every ons
%no can invent an Improvement or vary its f,rm
eialms , right to pirate the original discovery We
@ neea not summons Morse, or Blanchard, or Wood.
NoTh 10 prove that this is the usual history of cvs
Ty great discovery or invention - s'o
"Ine present case sads another chapter to this
ports p. 292. " " ave-