The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-10-08

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FORP EDOES,
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO 90.
'"-A office at the
RED PLANING MILL,
Csrner of Pine and Second Streets.
Near she Railroad,)
TITUSvILLE, PA.
Owing to the large and increasing demand for ,hr
ISnbcr's' Torped0es, and the late decision Of the
Comm; ssOner of Patents In refusing 70 VIM. Rood
patent and the decision Of Judge r. e. Grier ans
iaiahg the Roberts patent they have LOW EREn
thc price Of their Torped0cs
TWENTY. PER CENT.
oeiors abandoning Well.
Ihe following is the decision rendered bv :Jrdoo
er Ssn on the twenty,second (22 day Of September.
,S, IN sne United States Circuit Court at PhiladeI
M Keller Of New York, b. r. Lncas and s A. Pnr.
vance OF Pittsburgh, for defendants, and ceorrc
tshnsst o. rniedclphia, and George Il. Christy, Of
A. write with difficulty can only stat. ~, ,,-
illusions to which my mind has come after oc vo .4n
examination Of this case. 'ei 'ai''u
n thu s Spi , ~ Ts: esnstsa 4 n, patent
agood title and puts on the rcspondsnts hn o ol
den OF proof that the patent is void or worthless
wear S pSy Doy fspe Ws ny in the Good
adopt them as a0rdng rule Of decision vhich now s
plies clearly to the present case. ".''" "p'
4, as tne management of the patent Ia admitted
the only question will DO a. to the valittv s ,.' .'
pia,nants patent Of April q, 1858. " ''"''
,,roctU" %s aiser speculation had been reduced to
complainant succeeded in overcomny he nr";rn ne
and Ignorance OF the people on the subiect' anS
% ha the Public that his invention was usef
and "when his genius and patient perseverance H.,
spite OF sncers and scoifs," were comnle,"i,, ~
s@essiui, @ tnat Reed, who had before made experi.
maelned that he had the best right to the Invention
anu after purchasing one OF more Comnlanonti, ' tn
n,tevt as aeDed s On the 1st Of November 1857
lions OF devices and machine contained in comnai".
ante patent On the 18th of the same month tbc
respondents formed themselves into comnanv Hr nr
corporation called "The Reed Tornado C,p,n.yr =,
1or ne purpose of pirnting the compainant,s n.
sedtIn wen ION, snd supporting the expense Of liigaon
severed even after the preliminary Injunction verv
property granted by the District Judge ''
Let dscrce be entered for complainant for DER.
petual injunction. and n Master appointed to tpIn
an account according to the prayer Of the bill
r. e. GRIER, Judge.
NoTE.-Thc passage referred TO by judge Gricr in
H.s n1rmer decls'on, Wallace, P. 300 adopted as
applicable to this case was as follows
ls usually thc case when any valuable discov o
cry IL made, or any new machine Of great utv IL
Invented, that the attention of the public bas Te
turned to that subject previously, and that manv
persons have been making researches and eyneri
lnents .. Phlosep9sSs aSd pechapicisps may have
the possibility or proNhsafity q sNrsa
inventiou; many experiments have been successful
lv rjefi. r,JuDy yorv fninu short
desired result. They have produced nothing bene. |
fetal. The invention when perfected may truly be
said to be the eliminating point OF many expert
mon ., not only by the inventor, hut by many 9TH
Ors Ic may have profted indirectly by the unsuc-
cessful experiments and failures of Others, but 1t
tue profit Of the successful inventor 1t is when
speculation has been reduced to practice, when cx-
pertinent has resulted IN discovery. and when that
discovery has been perfected by patient and contin
ued experiments, when some new compound art,
manufacture, or machine has been thus produced
which Is useful to the public, that the party making 1t
becomes apublic benefactOr and entitled patent.
have at length succeeded, ia spite OF sneers and
ecOffs, some valuable invention or discovery, how
seldom is il followed by reward Envy robs him l
Of the honor whiic speculatOrs, swlndlers, and pi
rates rob him of the profits. Every unsuccessful |
experimCnter who didor did or did not come very
near making discovery now claims 1t. Every one |
who can invent All Improvement or vary its fUrm |
need not summons Morse. or Blanchard, or Wood
worth to provo that this is the usual history Of
ry great discovery or invention.
a1'he present case adds another chapter to this
long and uniform history"-2 Wallace, q. e. Re
ports p. 292.