The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-07-05
ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO CO.
Office at the
RED PLANNING MILL.
Corner OF Pine and second streets,
,(Ncar the RiailrOaa,)
ITUSvILLE, Pa.

Owing to the large and increasing demand Cor the
Roberts Torredoes. and the late decision of the
Commissioner Of Patents in refusing to VIM. Reed
patent. and the decision of judge T.. { Gricr su-
| taiuing the Roberts patent they nave LOW y
| tho price Of their Torpcdoes
TWENTY PER CENT.
so that every Operator can afford. 10 try Torpedo
| before abandoning Well.
The following Il the decision rendered by Judge
Gricr the twenty-second (a2l dav of septcmbcr.
1872. in the United States Circuit Court Mt Phladel.
, phia. The case was argued three DAYS bv Charles
| NJ. Keller OF New York, + Lucas ind :. A. Pur
| viancc of Pittsburgh, for defendants, and George
Harding of Philatelrhia, and George II. Chris,y,
| Pittsburgh, for plaintiff.
OPINIONiOF JUDGE GRIER.I
As write with difficulty can only state the con
clusion- which my mind has come after q careir.
| examination Of this case.
| The com .la,nant has exhibei"a 'patentr dated
18th of April 1865. This Is prma facie evidence OF
den of proof that the patent is void worthless.
| neel not repeat NV remarks in the of Good
| yenr W.. Day e Wall, c. c. Req; 229.) but now
adopt them as atiording rule OF decision which ap.
plies clearly to the present case.
As the infringement of the patent Is admit ted,
the only question will be as to the validity OF com.
| p.ainan's patent of April p. ISIS
at WAS after speculation had been reduced to
practice " and after repeated experiments that the
| complainant succeeded in overcoming he prejudice
! and ignorance of the people tie subject. and
pcrsua1iug the puDic that his invention useII:
after he had estabs shed its great utility and value
| and "when his genius and patient perseverance. in
| spite of sncers and sco.ts,' were completely SUE
cessful, that Reed, who had before made expert.
nienls on the same subject, and was unsuccessful
imagined that he had the best right IT, the invention
ard after purchasing one or more complainant. tor
pedoes. he applied on the lst Of November, 1857.
for patent for substantially the same cOmiina
tiuns of devices and achne contained in complain.
| ants patent. On the 18th of the same month the
| respondents formed Themselves into a company or
corporation called "The Reed Torpedo Company
for the purpose of pirating the cOmplainau's in
venton, and suppOrtin. the expense of litigation
and thus defraud him of the fruits. They have pc,
severed, even after the preliminary injunction very
properly graned nv the District Judge
Let decree he entered for complainant for per.
petunl Injunction. and n Master appointed TO take
| IN account according to the prayer Of the bill.
II. Z. GRIE ER, Judge.
NorE-The passage referred to bv .Tudge Grier IN
hi. former decision. ) Wallace, p :o9 adopted as
| amp ic.bte to this case was ~ follows:
It Is usually the when any valuable II .coy
cry is nate or any new machine Of great uiiity l.
| invented that theatention Of the public has bee,
| turned to that subject previously. and tha. many
persons have been making researches ard expari
merts rhlos ,phers and mechapicians NAV iav,
| III some measure anticipated in their SD c,i'ation-
the possibility or probability of such di.cuvere oi
\ invention: mnny experiments have bee, slccessIn l.
iy MED, coming very yet falling short .of n,
| desired result. They have produced nothing benz.
frlnl The invention whar perfected NAV trillv hf
said 10 be the CUlulllailug pDnt Oi iiilnv cyDc'
nen,s not only by the inventor. bur by many 9TH
or. lie may hay. proited indircctly bv the n-iic
| ce-sful experiments and failures of olers. but il
gives the right to cam share of the honor OF
| tie profit of the successful inventor 1t IL when
| specu.ation has been reduced to practice wien ey
periiitnt ha- resulted in discovery and when { nj
discovery has been perfected y patient ana contin
u-d experiments, when some new compound art
| mauuiac,uie. or machine lls been thu produced
which j. useful TO public that the party making II
beeoues apuhlic ben n.actor and entitledto patent
aud yet when genius ard patient porscveranc,
| have ut length succeeded, IN spi,e of sn-er. and
SCOTS. some valuable invention or disco"ery, how
| seldom Is il followed by Reward Envy iobs him
| of the honor, white specuaiors, swirdle.s :, and nj
| rates rob him of the profits. Every unsncce.sul
ey,,erimenter who did or did or did not come y,ry
ne,r making discovery now claims it. Every ons
who can Invent an improvement or vary its furn
| claims right TO pirate the ORIGINAL discovery W.
I'nued not summons Morse. or Blanchard, or Wood
worth to prove that this ia the usual history of eve
| ry great discovery or invention.
"'ilic present case ACIDS another chapter to this
| long and uniform his.ory.'-2 Wallace, C. c. Re
| ports p 29!