The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-09-05
T.ORPEDOES.
THE ROB ERTS
PETROLEUM T0RpED0 ca.
Office at the
HE'D FLAMING HILL,
COrner of Pine asai second Streets,
Near the isatiroad,)
ITUSVILLE, Pa.

Owing 10 the lar1e ana lncreasin,, demand for the
Roberts T0rpeioei, and tie late decision of the
tSninssioncr Of Patents In refusing to Wm. Reed
Ihitent and the decision OF fudge 4. C. Grier sus-
mining the Roberts, pitent they have LOWERED
the price OF their Torpedo,s
TWENTY. PER CENT.
so that every Operator can afford 10 try Torpedo
before aDandoriug Well.
Tho following Is the decision rendered by yudce
Gricr on the twenty.secono (22) day of seiltember
1862 in the United States Circuit Court nj Pilad,l
phia The case was argued three days by Charles
d. Keller Of New York. u 4. Lucas and s. 4 pr
viance Of Pittsburgh, for defendants and George
Hanaing Of Philadelphia, and George H. Chiisiy, Of
pittsburgh, for plaintiff.
OPINION or JUDGE GRIER.
As write with difficulty can only state the con
examination Of this case
The complainant has exhibited patent dated
25th Of april, lo65 This il prima face evidence of
goos title = ana puts on the respondents the bur
den OF proof that the patent Is void or worthless
need not repeat my remarks I'm the case of Good
year " Day y wall, c. C. Rep; 2s9) but now
adopt theu as aording a rule OF decision which an
plies clearly to the present cise.
AS the infringement of the patent is alnii. ted,
the only question will be as to the validity of com
plainan's patent of April Is, 1858
'lf Was Aftir speculation had been rednced To
prac ice, and after repeated experiments that the
complainant succeeded in overcoming he prniudice
and sGorance OF the people. On the subject and
pers,iiins the public that his invention was usci
af'er he htd established its great utility and vuue
and "when his genius and patient perseverance,. in
sphe o. @ sn.eFi ana scoh+, were completely sue
inens on t,AsSSnie s,Ilgest, end was Unsuccessful
iinigcd thf-Ae had the hest light to the invention
o nna aiur pan, ting one or more complainant Tor
peiOcS, ne aDpl'e1 on the 1st of November 1s,7
for pltent for substantially the same comlina
ti'lis Of devices and acfina contained in complain
Atts patent On the 10th of the same month the
respondents formed themseves into company or
corporation called "1'he Reed Torpedo C0innnnv."
for the pnrposs of pratine the ctimylainanis in
veitnu ,, .nl suGportins the expense OF 1tigaton
severcd even after the preliminary Injunction very
properly siTniei by the District Judge
LEI uacrce be entered for complainant for per-
al ac;oun, according to the prayer of the bill
H. Z. GRIER, Judge.
NorE-Thr passage referred to bv Judge tsrier in
his ioriner dPcis'on. 8 Wallace, p. 299 adopted as
app icaCte to this case was follows;
~ is ii,u''ly the case. when any valuable diecov.
f''y y iade or any new inaclline Of gr.atu / tv I.
lnVfnlGd tiiit the attention Of the public has been
turned to that sloleet prey orlsy. and that many
leffons hnVc heen making resea chcs ard expert,
h3eHt5 IN los piers ana uieclilnicians may iavr
N some measure anticipated in their Sd cu'atjons
the possibility or probability of such discovery or
invention; many experiments have been suc,es. FIJI
~ ied, coming very near yet iaiiing short OF the
-GeSied result. They have produced nothing bene-
neal Ihe inyen'ipn whei perfected NAV Irnlv he
s-id 70 Dc me Gu ulDnating point of MANY expert
men :, 1ut ony by the inventor. hut 10y many 9th.
"r' lie nny nav. proiited Indirectly by The ilns,c
ca-Siul experiments and failures of Others bit /,
gives The 10 right to cam share OF tile he nor of
we prom OF me successful inventor 1t is when
specultlion bas been reduc Il to Practice when ey.
pertinent tla. resulted in t.s ,,yery and wien tia;
discovery ha' been peri,c. by patient ana conti,l
ueu experiments when sohc new compound art
manu,lctsie. az machine has been ihl. nrodu,ri
which Is uselnlto the public Tint the party making il
po'onfs apabc b. heii'ttor and entitled to II pa ont
"And yet when genius and patio mt perseverance,
have at length succeeded, in s,ie Of sr.er. and
scV.fs, some valuable invention or Gisco'-eyy. how
seldom Is II followed by reward Envy lobs lin
OF zoe hnnor' "h,le spccnlttors swindle $, and nj
eXiisr'men,er who did or did or did not come ytry
wear making discovery now claims w. Every o,s
'so can Invent an Improvement or vary its ;,r,n
claims right To ira The original discovery ~
need not summons Morse, or Blanchard or Wood
worth to prove that this il the usual history of y,
Iy -''a discovery or invention
"Ihc present ease aCds another chaDtcr f., th;u
long ard uniform hisiory."-2 Wallace, T. 1. Ko-
ports .3..