The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-08-05
,'ROBERTSr PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO CO.
Office at the
RED PLANNING MILL.
COrnef of Pine and second streets.
Near the Railroad,)
ITUsvILLE, PA,

4AOoVxAAGS 1 a.
Owing to the large and increasing demand for the
ROberts TOrpedoes. and the late decision of the
Commissioner Of Patents in refusing 10 VIM. Reed
patent and the deslsi m of Judge r. e. Grier sls-
tafnng the Roberts patent they have LOWERED
the price OF their Torpedoes
TWENTY. PER CENT.
20 that every Operator can afford u.try a Torpedo
DeiOre abandoning Well
The blowfng Is the decision rendered by Judro
MN on the twenty-second (22) day of Septemher
!S In the United States Circuit Court at Philadel
Pni Tne case was argued three DAYS by Charles
~ Keller ot New York, b. r. Lucas and s. A. Pr
yiance Of Pittsburgh, for defendants, and Georaof
HMshg HnHtChng OF rhiladelphia, and George H. Chrisy
OPIN1ONeOP JUDGE GRIER
A write with difficulty can only state tho co,,
ciosions to which my mind has come after caraf,
examination Of this case 0"'''"
h The e, csmIansnt snri 1S has s, exhibited pen. dated
good title, and puts on the respondents the bur.
den OF proof that the patent Is void or worthless.
need not repeat my remarks inshc ease Of Good
year vs.; Day "a Wall, c. c. Rep; 2soj bat now
adopt them as affording rule Of decision which nm.
plies clearly to the present case. "'@" "p'
As the infringement Of the patent is admitted,
the only question viii be as to the validity of com
pIainanfs patent of April 25, 1858.
III was after speculation had been reduced IN
brncIlce and alter repeated experiments, that the
and Ignorance of the people on the subj ,ct' and
persuaiing the public that his invention ws son, n
aiter ne had established its great utility and value,
rpite OF sneers and scoffs," were comnetel,, src ~
ceesfu that Reed, who had before made exner;.
inents on me same subject, and was unsuccessful.
ana after purchasing OF more CcmpIainonti tnr
pedoes he applied on the 1st of November. 1sGT.
& Tor pstssnt pa for substantially the same comhna
Hons OF oevlces and machne contained in comnain
ants patent. On the 18th of the same month tha
respondents formed themselves into a COMPANY or
corporation called The Reed Torpedo Company"
vention and supporting the expense OF LITIGATION.
and thus definud him OF the fruits. They have ne.
seSereG even after the preliminary injunction very
properly granted by the District Judge
Let decree he entered for Complainant for n nor.
petuai Injunction, and Master appointed to take
aa account according to the prayer Of the bill
Z. c. GRIER, Judge.
NorB.-Tte passage referred to by Judge Grier IN
ns iormer decision, Wallace, p. 299 adopted as
applcabfe to this case was as follows:
III IL usually the case, when any valuable hscov.
cry is wade, or any new machine Of great ntiitv Ia
, Mven5ea that the attention of the public has been
persons nave been making researches and eyner;
nents Philosophers and mechnnicians NAV Fave
IN some measure anticipated in their specuations
.he possibility or probability Of such discovery or
hVentlon many experiments nave been succe;sfnl
y tiled, coming very near. yet falling short of the
Sesed result They have produced nothing bene-
hc.ii. ihe Invention wheI perfected NAV fruly he
sstd to be the eliminating point of MANY exnori
men e not only by the inventor but by many 9th.
ors. ne may have profted indirectly bv the ilnsuc
cessIui experiments and failures of others but II
gives them no right to clam share of the honor of
tne proai OF the successful inventor 1t is when
spec0aIion has been reduced to practice, when ex.
pertinent has resulted in discovery. and when that
S Mcovery mas been perfected by patient and contin
.sl ueu eaperiMenls when some new compound. art,
nanuiactnre, or machine has been thu, produced
winch ls useful to thepubc, that the party making il
beeomes apu6lic benefactor and entitled ia patent
"Auo yet when genius and patient perseverance,
nave at length succeeded, in spite Of sneers and
fcoiis some valuable invention or disco-ery, how
seldom Is II followed by reward Envy robs him
Of the honor, while specustOrs, swindleys ard nj.
fetes rob him Of the profits. Every unsuccessful
experimen'er who did or did or did not come ypry
near making discovery now claims it. Every on,
VINO can Invent an Improvement or vary its form,
claims right to pirate the original discovery We
need not summons Morse, or Blanchard. or Wood
worth to prove that this is the usual history Of eve
~ great discovery or invention wv
"Ihe present case aods another chapter to this
long and uniform history ."-3 Wallace, c. C. Re
ports p. 02.