The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-08-19

TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO co.
Office at the
RED PLANING MILL.
coTocr ~ Pine and Second Streets.
0e0f the satiroad,)
ITUSvILLE, PA.
OwnEto ehe aarsc and increasing demand for tho
Ssooa,s IUpedoe,, and the late decision of the
Sonnnsioncr q Patents In refu sing to VIM Reed
Hent. and the decision Of judge T. G. Grier s,is.
sh sht,uing me hnberts' patent they have LOWE Erred
ths price OF thefr TOrpedoes
TWENTY. PER CENT.
,.o,a MSsefy Opersor can afford ulty Torpedo
before ss'ando1Ang Well i'oo
Inc following is the decision rendered bv .Jud,o
lSH in the United States Circuit Court M PhiaJo
pnia: The case was argued three days Inv Charles
xi,n d Met,sT ia o. New York, b. T. Lucas and S A. Pnr
Harstno 0i r r.ssni,aE, for Defendants and Georccf
nMunaIg oi iMlauelpha, and George H. Chrisiv n n
1lt'Aoufgh for plaintiff. '' y
OPINION.OF JUDGE GRIER
a. write with difficulty can only state tho co,
cNision, 70 which my mind has Come after n care.
examination Of this case "'''- " e'"e't
The complainant has exhibited a nation, ,...i
18th Of April, 1865. This is prna f,c cvidonn W
good dtle, and puts the Respondents thn hr. VI
o'1 Oa pfOnt .nat the patent Is void worthless
year W. Day IL Wall, c. c. Rep: aa9 hm, "Uou Uo
adopt them as aording rule Of decision Which nom s.
plies clearly to the present case " ""''" "P'
a tutrInpafnnpf f.,ft
the only question will be as to the va,;d, f ., s'
plainants patent of April 2a 1853 VI '0"A'
,,, al, was 3 after speculation had l,een reduced IN
pfaotice and after repeated experiments tbat ,ho
complainant succeeded in ovcrDning .ba' ,,ra;'; e
ano ignorance OF the people ON the subiect AMI
Persuauing the public that his invention WAS nsefiI
.utsr ne nad established its great u,iit, and yalne
snd "when his genius and patient persevc,orco T.;
spite OF sncers and scoifs, :" were fonnle,ei, , ~
Sessial, . H. rnat Reed, who had before made expert
ments OH the same suhiest, and was nns~ccasp pfi
imagined that he had the best ri ,lt To ,,e inv,;'
an9 ate, purchasiig one or more complainant's tor
peaoes. ne applied on the 1st OF November, 1st;.
Or patent ior substantially the same comhina
IONS u devices and machine containad IN c,n,,,,;
ants patent On the 18th of the same montP ,bo
respondents formed themselves into company or or
for the purposs oe ef e Reed Torpedo Company
a ION, ana supporting the expense of litigation.
ana mus aeiraud him of the fruits. They have pe.
properly gran'ed nv the District Judce WY
!3t Decree be entered for complainant for n nor
pctiai Injunction and Master appointed TO fake
40 account according to the prayer of the bill.
H. O. GRIER, Judge
NoTs-The passage referred to by judge (,ri,r IN
ms iHrmer DECISION, Wallace, p. 299 adopted A.
appncaDie to this case was ny follows: "'
II 10 Usually the case, when any valuable disc,v.
Is maze, or any new machine Of great uriity ia
!nveh,eu, that the attention of the public has Heen
turned to that subject previously, aud that menv
persons have been making researches and cynar;
Menrs. Philosophers and mechanicians may bov.
~ some measure anticipated In their sprcyations
S wmssoity or pronabllty of such discovery or
y uied, coming Very near. yet falling short tJ tho
desired result They have produced nothing honno
ncIal. The invention wheu perfected NAV irnlv he
ssIu 70 ne tne eliminating point OF many expc,i-
len = NOV only ny the inventor hut by many 9TH.
OfS. ne may have prOfted Indirectly by the 1nsnc
ce.siui experiments and failures of Others, but il
ves them no right to claim share of the he nor of
uc pront or the successful inventor It Ia vixen
specuatlon has been reduced to practice when ey
Rer,mcht Ias resulted III discovery. and when that
qiacovery mas been perfected by patient ana con,n
nsd experiments when some i,ew command ART |
nlauuiactnre or machine has been thn. nrodr ,nd !
whchis useful to the public, that the party making II
becomes apubic benefactor and entitled to ua,ent
,oa a1a yet when genius and patient perseverance
scotfs, some valuable invention or tisco"erv bn,,
SELDOM Il II followed by reward! Envy rois him |
OF the nnnor, while speculstors swindles aTsi nj
rates rob INN Of the profits. Every unsucoas,.ul |
exIerlmrnter who did or did or did not come ve1y
near making discovery now claims it, Every ons |
who can Invent an Improvement or vary ita f,rn,
e'ains rlght To pirate the ORIGINAL discovery We
need not summons Morse, or blanchard or Wood
worth 70 prove that this is the usual history of ey,
ry great discovery or invention Wv
"The present case adds Another chanto, 10 th;
ports p. 292 ~ =" "e'