The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-09-08

ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO CO.
Office Mt the
RED PLANNING HILL.
Corner OF Pine aad Second Streets,
;Sear the Eatiroad,)
ITusvILLE, PA.
Owing to the large and increasing lemsnd for the
Roberts Torpedoes, and the laie decei,u OF tho
COMMISSIONS. of Patents In refusing to VIM. Rec /
patent. md hs ,cison Of Jutgc r. e. (tier sll a.
tanning ts Roberts patent they have LOWERED
the price Of their TorpedOes
rwENFf. PER CENT.
20 that every Operator can afford 10 try Torned,
before abandoning Well.
The fole'v'n. il the decision rendered bv JuJcc
Grier on the twenty sccort (22) day of Sel,temhe~
lS,9, in the United States Circuit Court at Phlade
phis The case was argued three days by Charles
NJ. kel'tr " New York, b = Lnca, and s A. Pur
Ttapco o! Piitshurgh, for defendants. and George.
mardns nf Philndelphia and George IL. Uhlisiy, of
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER
As write witt. diticnlty can only ..ato tho co,
illusions 70 which my mind has come after cnr,,u
examination of this case '''' Il"
a,h TN ., am-i s hs eShi,'s pcns datea
good title, mud puts on the respondents Tho bur
den Of proof that the patent Is void or worthlcss
nsef not not ,spsat S pI my remarks in the case Of Good,
year ". Day IL wall, &. e. Rep; 22g,l but now
adopt them % aiforjins rule OF decisio yhc,, ,n
plies clearly 10 the p 'eseIl. case.
a., As tho niri1ge'atnt Of the patent i, admitted,
the on question viii he rs to tho valid ty of CON
ph:nan ,atent OF -,r.i, a,,1s5s.
"!t wa, 'ft.f. 'pecnl't.on had hecn red,;cc, TO
cSn;, prS,sr nfa ssr ,ep;.'s, expc,men that the
and i2norauct of tar people on the slbirc, nna
persua!ine mo pnbc ..st hi invention .sl.rf,,.
ate. ne ll"' es'ah ned its unity and value,
ani '~hcn his Gen'u- aud patien; perseverance, in
sPite 1f ~. era and scoir,' were .onpetolv ,nc a
ces sn tnat Reed WHO had before made exno,j
mcn's on u. Sl7ie sUt'c, {, ami was unsuccc.sfrl
I'm ,.irei t.tt .,I hid the best ii! 1t totneinven,in
ard after purchasing one more coa,pajnnpt's ,or
nr'oes no Applied on the lst Of Noyenbar t3,sT
ior patent Tor substantially tho same combina,
tiUn1 ri device and rach" contai ii IN connnin
ants patent On the 18th .. the sane monif the
r"i,o''ehfs fcfmeL themselves into n ,oulnsnv ~
cnr.Sr'ion eaiiei tue Reed Torpado Coinpanv,'
ipr t's purpose ~ lIr1tin9 The commandments In.
~e: tion, nI snpp artig the expense OF litintinn
ard thus fraud i,irl Of the ;rit.. They have ne.
,cvsrc, ros, even ,,s ts preliminary Injunction very
1T decree ne eniered forcomp plainant rnr n per
Tc.'al injunction. ald Master ippoiptei Ia tnto
an account according to the prayer Of the bill
h. q. GHiER, Judge
NorE.-The passage referred 70 bv Judge rricr in
Mr. iornn'r i'cis'o' Wallace, p. 299 ;llopfcd rs
app cabfe tn this case vas as follows:
"n IS n,nalIy the case' when any valuable ii<coy
cry Is wade, or any new machine of great nj ity il
invented, lat thcaten.on of the public hns Ioc,
tu:h,h TO that snhjet previously, aud that ,nnnv
persons hnvc been making researches AID cynerI
iAedts. IN lJsrp!ltr5 ana incC'.nnirinus NAV h,v,
,nspire VI Asnre apticipatod in their ,,scr'.t.,,s
the iassihiity OF probap.v Of such di,cvrrv az
.n'en!in' many experiment nayc lper snc:essfi,l
~ tiie coiir, very near. Yet ~ ting slort nj tba
Ce-issl : .i!t They have produced nof!'n. bcnc.
neal I'M !nVe!liin WHOM perfected NAV iruly he
mon :, not only bytnc ~ ventor. bat by many 9TH |
s... 10 mag nave r0iicd indirectly b. The ilnsuc
ceSsih. experiments ana iaurcs Of Oiher hut n |
give, tue no right to aim share o, the he nor ns
lc pI.Lt OF the successful inventor 1t Il when
spccuafion hrs been reduca. to practice when az
peri'nn' 1.l- suited IN fis,lyer, and ,yheu tSat
discovery ha' been perfect ny patient ana coutn
Wed cSprrme';t5 when some ile,v caupoun1 art |
mana .c'uc ~ naoiiic ha> been thu. produced |
which IL useful to hc pnbc that the rtv inokinvi,
bs ONES apnb;c b,nii,ctor and rrtitIedio na,cnt
"Au. yot wheii crnir- ana ptii III uerscvernnrc
have at icHsta 81: '"Ctei in s. . of su, or; and
scof11. snine v''iable 'nventon Or cjs,o.erv how
seldom - 4 'b'lowod ny reward Envy robs him |
r.i-s riJ h'm OF the psoiits. Every up,nccr. slnl
eXi'er'n. E;er who did ur d rr Gd rot come Y, rv |
near making :. disc very now clHnis r. Evcrv on,
W. ;ali ~ ''nt all Improvement or vary its i,rr,
'lai,h@ Ilght h p'ra'e he o"gnal discovery We |
med not -uninons Norsc. or Blanchard, or Wood |
w0.th & prove thai H. is he usual history OF rv..
ry rat piscov r. or nvcniion
"'he .-e-rut cesc i.1dS anot' er c,nntor I, tIiu |
i0ngrnd nn'fotm lStSrJ.'-2 Wallace c. Z. lie. |
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