The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-21
ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO co.
Office at the
RED PLANNING MILL.
corner Of Pine and second streets,
,(Ncar tho RatirOad,)
TITUSVILLE, PA.

Owing to the large and increasing demand for the
EobertsF Torped PES, and the late decision OF the
Commissioner Of Patentssin refusing to VIM Reec
patent, and the session of Judge r. Grier slls
tanning the Roberts patent they have LOWERED
The price of their Torpedoes
TWENTY PER CENT.
so that every Operator can afford1to try Torpedo
before abandoning Well.
.rhe following Is the decision rendered by Judge
Grier on the twenty. second (22l day of sentem6er
1sg in the United States Circuit Court at Philadel-
mia The case was argued three days by Charles
H. Keller of New York. b T. Lucas and : A. Pur,i
viance of Pittsburgh, for defendants, and George
Harding of Philadelphia, and George H. Chfls'y,o
Pittsburgh, for plaintiff
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER.
AsIwrite with difficulty can only state the con
clusions to which my mind has come after careful
examination Of this case.
The has oi,1o fc,p avasnss ot
goc title. and puts on the respondents the bur
den of proof that the patent Is void or worthless
need not Rep; ':s a b"t now
adopt them as aflording rule Of decision winch ap-
plies clearly to the present case.
A. the infringement Of the patent !; admit IN TED,
the only question will be as 20 the Nahoity VI co"
plainants patent Of April q, 1s5S.
"it was after speculation had been reduced to
practice " and alter repeated experiments tnat me
romnai1 ant succeeded IN overcoming he prejudice
ard spnorancc of the people on the subject, and
ners,adp the public that his invention was useiul
after he had established its great utility anu Nue
and "when his genius and patient perseverance, In
sn;te of SINGERS aud scoff.," were completely sue
cessful, that Reed, who had before nlaue eAperi,
nents on the snme subject, and was uhsnccesslul'
imagined that he had the best rign. 10 ue
and afler purchasing one OF more complainant .or
DeiOes he applied on the LIST OF November, 1915
Tor a patent for substantially the same comblna
tions Of devices ard achne contained III III
snt's pateDt ON the 18th OF the same month tine
respondents formed themselves into company ~
CORPORATION called "rhe Reed TORPEDO company,
for the purpose Of piratng the compiasna;a.. a;.O., IN
yeption aiid supporting the expense Oh i,lga.on'
ard thus dsfraud him Of the fruits They nave pei.
severed even after the preliminary inJuncuon yer!
properly cranied by the District Judge.
Lot dscrea be entered for complainant ior per
pelrsl iIjuuc.ion. ard Msster appointed 20 take
~ R. G. GRIER, Judge.
No---1,he massage referred to BY Judge Grier in
hi. fcfmer decision, Wallace, P. 2s9. adopted as
auplicsbie to this case was as follows: ST.
sill is ususfly the case when any a, v
nyer ed thaS the attention of the public has been
turned to that subject previously, ana tna' many
persons haze been making reseaIene. anu eAPe,. per-,
inents Philosophers and mechaniclans may rave
IN some measure anticipated in their sspecuations
the possibility or probability Of such discovery or
invention; many experiments have peep successiu .'
lv iried corlipG very pear~yet falling snort OF the
desired result They have produced nothing bene
dcial. The Invention when perfected may truly ne
.,id to be the CT lninating point OF MANY expert
nr0 IT, nav hay. profited indirectly by the unsn
cea experiments and failures Of others, + but
gives nen no right to claim share oil the ncno[ oi
,pecuaiion has been reduced to practice, when ex.
perirncnt ha- resulted in discovery and when tlat
Gtcovery has been perfected by patient aiia eon.i
ma manuiactue or machine has been thu, prSdnce;a,
whicI, is useful to public that the party making
becomes public benefactor and entitled 10 palet
AND vel when genius and patient perseverancs,
have il spite
.,dom H. /, Followed by reward Envy robs him
Of tne honor While speculators, swndlsrs and hi;;
otrs rob hin Of the profits Every unsnccesslni
near making a discovery now claims 1t. Every on'
Why or Gaas s We
aa, nnt sn,mons Morse. or Blanchard, or Wood
worth to prove that this is the usual history OF eve
~ great discovery or invention .,u
.Ihe present case sdds another chaptet 10 TINS
p,g and uniform history."-2 Wallace, T. Y. lie
purts y. 292.