The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-06-04
ROBERTS PETROLEUM TO RPEDO.
TORPEDC,ES.'
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TOPPED 0 co.
Office at the
RED PLANNING NAIL a.,
yCorner of pine and Sceci Id Streets
tlNear the fsailroa d)
ITUSVILL E, PA.
ROBERTS, PETROLEUM TO RpEDo.

Owing to the large and increasing deinan
Roherts' Torpedoes and the late eel ion
Commissioner Of Patents in refusin! to w
a patent and the decision OF Judge Il. :, 81
tainjnr the Rober;s' patent they ha' 20 ~
the price Of their Iorp,does
TWENTY PER CEN 7.
so that every Operator can afIord.to try "a
before abandoning Wei.
Tbe following is the decision reno Tered
Crier ON the twepty-second (22) day of &c
1859. in the United tates Circuit {, mrt NJ
phia, The case was argued three d 'ys ny
Nj Keller Of New York, 3. + Lucas and >
VANCE of Pittsburgh, for defendant :, ant
Harding of Philadelphia, and Georg e ii.
Pittsburgh, for plaintiff.
OPINIONl'OF JUDGE Gl YER.
AsIwritc with difficulty can on y stat
,Insions to which my mind has com Mte
examination Of this case.
Tb, c,,m ,lainant has exhibited pat
18th of AYril, 1865. This il pr.ma .he c
good title. and puts on the respon ehls
neei not repeat my remarks init c cas-
year Va. Day q Wall, c. L. Rep;. 80
don't them as st.Ording rule OF uee slof
olies clearly to tn present case.
AZ the infringement of the paten' IS
he only question will be as to the va ld,'
,lainants patent Of April %, 1888.
st was after speculation, had be N
.n';,,.nt .ncceoded in oyercnminp Ii,
md Ignorance of the people on the su
,ersusding the public that his invent On
rffer he had established its great utiiii "
md "when his genius and patient pei se'
uite of sncers aud sco.l-,' were col mp
essfrl, that Reed, who had before mi
uents on the same subject, ana was ~
-. l..l IsRSf q
I'D after purchasing one OF more Com pi
edoes. he applied ON the list OF NO 'ci
uatent for substantially the "a IN
ons of devices and achine contsine III
pt's patent. On the 18th OF the san u
,spondents formed themselves into a
)rporaiion called 'The Reed Torped o
" the purpose Of pirating the com >l'
,ntion, aud supporting the expense ~
nd thus defraud him Of the fruits. n
yered, even eftCr the pre- iminary in u
,onerly granted bv the District Judg e.
let a decree he entered for complain II
tual irjunction. and a Master appoi y
account according to the prayer OF q
-. X. q. GRl u
NorE.Nfhe passage referred 10 ovJ
sformer decision, Wallace, P. w y
p;icabte TO this case was as follows:
.It is usually the case, when any
us made, or any new machine of
,ep,ed. that the attention of the pul
ned to that subject previously, al
.sons have been making researches
, ,nts. Philosophers anu mechanicia
some measure anticipated i'll theli
, .pnssibiiity or prOhability-of such
!, en,iou; many experiments have BIT
MED, coming very near yet fall Y "
!. ired result. They have produced
+ al. The invention when perfected
i, l to be the eliminating point of
4 MS, not only by the inventor, but b
lie may have profited indirectly
; ,ful experiments and failures Of o
:, Is them no right to ca m a share OF
q profit of the successful inventor
o. ,ulstion has been reduced to practi,
RI ment La. resulted in discovery. ano
q Overy has been perfected 10y pattern
d experiments, when some new con
IN ufactuie, or machine has been thi
nj ch is useful to the public, that the pal
"a ,mes apublic bcn factor and entitled
81 .ud vet when genius and patient 1
v, ,at length succeeded, in spite of
IA q, some valuable Invention or disc,
IA IN is il followed by reward Eny
Nh e honor, While spectators, swindlt
- rob him OF the profits. Every
r,e .imcnter who did or did or did not
Ar making discovery now claims IL.
n; IAN i,lvent an Improvement or vary
i'm sa right 10 pirate the ORIGINAL Gisec
a, not summons NJ orse, or Blanchard.
rtb to prove tfat this is the usual histc
art at discovery or Invention.
.Tfh present case aGd; another chapt,
"a nd uniform history.'-2 Wallace,
"a ,. 292.