The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-11-25
ROBERTS' PETROLEUM TtRpEno.

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THE RoBEliTS
PETROLEUM T0RpEn1 CD.
Office nt !i,c
RED IsLANlNG MILL.
Corner OF Pine and Second streets,
Near the EsIiir0aiO
TIrUsVILLE, Pa. :.
Owing to the ,nrse and Increasing demand for the
Rubcr,-' rorpedoe+. AMI tn. late decision of the
SJmnssioser Of Patent. Ia refusing to Nm. Reed
p,,-ns. aod the d ,3isi N orJnl'c z. 'Guey sus
t1ning the 'iuberis' s.ent they nave LOW Erred
tue price OF their rorpedofs
TWENTY PER GENT.
sn nat cvrry Operator c,n Afford 10 try Torpedo
b%Jrs aoand)ung a Wei.
TITO t>lcyinr is the decision rendered by Juice
Or on the twenty second (a1l day of September
ls'9, IN the United States Circi- Court az pAlado
phia: The case was argnei three days nv Charlie.
NJ. Keller OF New York, b; Y. Lucas and \ A. Pur-
viance Of rittshirsh, FOR deCenaanis anl George
Heriin, of PHILADELPHIA anu George Il. Ihli-iy, Of
fit,soufsh, for plant'if.
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER.
As write with iiGiculty can only state the con
cln4ions TO which my mind has a.e after c.reiu
Tho com planant has exhibited patent dated
2sth OF April, 1858. This is prims acie eydenc. OF
good title, and puts on the respondents the bur
den OF nroof that the patent is void or worthless
neei not repeat my remarks in the case of cool.
year ". Day t2 NSl, c. {. Sep: ..9) but now
adopt them as aforains rule OF deei.ion which an.
pies clearly to the ncsent case.
Az the Infringement Of the patent IL admitted,
the only question will he as to the VALIDITY of com.
pliiuan's patent OF April -, ls5S.
At after speculation had hen1 reduced IN
Practice and aiter repeated experiments. thar ,be
eonipiainant saccceie in overcoming he preji,t!ice
ard ignorance OF the people on the subject, and
p"rsur'iug the public tnat his invention WA. nseiII.
an r he had established it, great utty and y,ae
All i"when ms gen'u and patient perseverance, in
spite OF sncers ana scois, were completely sue.
cessfut, that Reed, who had before made ryrnri-
ments ON the same subject, and wa. un.ucrc,sfil
imagined that lie had the best right to oteinveniinu
after purchasing one of more conplsnaut'- lpr'
p"doe1 he Applied on ths LIST oc November 1St:1
for patent for substantially the same conl ina.
tions of devks& andn a hin" Contained i'm romniain
ants patent On the 18th of the same month the
respondents ~v.ned themselves into a company or
corporation called "fhc Reed Torpedo Coinpnny y
Tor the purpose of piriting the conn,ainnui,s H.,
setSn, az L suLp ,rtint the exp,nse Of litigation,
severed, even after the preliminary Injunction yery
properly granted by the District Judge
,c. q cree De entered forcomplainant for per
"n account according to the prayer of the bill
Ii. Z. GR!Ea, Judge.
NorE.-The passage referred 10 bv JUDGE f2rirr In
his Former son. Wallace. p 299 aopted A.
0pp ictbie to this case follows;
''lt II Usually the case, when any vAlual, diec,v
cr! - "aGe1 or any new n,nc'iue OF Great II i Inv l.
Invented that tnea;tgntion Of the public I'M. hean
turned 10 that subject previously, and th,f many
srerson5 hnY. been making researches and ryD,ri
N"nts' PHILOSOPHERS ana meclapcians NAV have
same measure anticipated in their sD-ct, atiyus
the possibility Or probability Of such Ciscuvrry or
Invention many experiments have been .ucres-rirl
~ ulef coming vety near yet Linz srtIrt of the
desired result. They have produced noihiue. banr.
neal The Invention whey perfected nay ;ruIy be
id TO he the culminatings pnint a. MANY eviiori
ilen ~ not only by the Inventor. hllt by iDnrv ,r.
'r". de may have prOited Indirectly by The i,nluc.
c.'s'u experiments and flurei of others ht II
i've tlem no right to cam share OF the honor OF
re ''roht OF the successful inventor II ts whom
Spe'uihton has oeen ftTiuc q 70 practice when OK
pertinent IA resulted In discovery aad when trni
ni'rovety ha, been pcrectc, ny patient ana coniin
ncd experiments. when sD,ae new conpnun1 ART
ih' 'uncture, nr macnIne ha- been tjin. p-odnrrd
"h.cH is useful to thepubiic thar thc party ina,fii
be'pncs apubiic ben factor and -ntitled To- a m
'tla yet when genius and pali nj per.eyeranc,.
'1c" ht length succeeded, in sni'e Of snsers and
s,"t,, some valuable invention ur ois.o-e,y has,
s.dOtn !. II followed by reward Envy robs Him
Ui the h"nOr, whiIc syeculiOls, syndie T. and nj
rules rob him OF tie profits Every unsucce9stul
eS 'erlnenler who did or did or did lot come ytry
near making IA discnverynuw claims it, Evcrv ON =.
who can invent an Improvement or yarv its i,rr
claims right to lira'e the original discovery We
ned not summons Morse, or Blanciutd or Iyno5
worth to prove that i- is the usual history of oye
ry great ciscoyery or invention
THE present case aCds another chapter To- thi.
t'ng and uniform history Wallace, c. Z. he
ports p 2S.