The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-07-28

ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
TORPEDOES.
s.. THE ROBERTS
HTRESuM TORPEDO co.
Office at the
RED PLAKING MILL,
RCebasr of Pine and second Streets,
Eas c(Near ti,e Ra;lrOad,)
ITUSv1LLE, PA.
Owing 70 fine large and increasing demand for the
Reb0t4 Nrpcdoes, and the late decision OF the
Ccmmirsioner Of Patents In refusing to VIM Reed
patent. and the decision OF Judge r. q. Grier sus.
taining tho Roberts patent they have LOWERED
ths pdos of their Torpedoes
TWENTY PRB CENT.
20 Ont every Operator can aford1to.ry a To,pedo
before abandoning Well.
Ihs folowfne is the decision rendered BY Judge
Grief On the twenty second (22) day of Settemher
1s4, IN the United States Circuit Court at Phijade
phia The case was argned three DAYS by CHARLES
": Keilsr q New York, b =: Lucas and s. A. Pur.
Harding Of Philadelphia, and George II. Chrisix! q
Pitsburrh for plaintiff 'is'''o .
OPINIONioF JUDGE GR1ER..
a. write With difficulty can only state the con
emsions to which my mind has Come after a caretri
examination Of this ccse. "
Dtn oi APRIL 1853. This is prima facie evidence Of
good title and puts on the respondents The bur "
aen @ OF proof that the patent is void or worthless
year ": Day q Wall, G. c. Rep; 2.91 b,,t now
adopt them as affordng rule Of decision which ap
plies clearly to the present case.
A. the infringement of thd patent IL admit ted
the only question will be as tb the validity of com
plainaiits patent Of April 25 Isss.
IN was after speculation had been reduced TO
eompainan: succeeded in overcoming he preiudice
and Ignorance of the people on the subject nnd
persuadng the public that his invention wa n sef,,l
ailsr ne nid established its great utility and value
anu "When MS Genlua and patient perseverance in
spite OF sncers and scoffs," were compIetelv snc
eessioi, that Reed, who had before made eyperi
Eients on the same subject, and was uEsuccessful
imagined that he Lad the best ryht TO the
ard after purchasing one ot more complannnt,s for
pedoes, he apDlied on the ist of November, 1ssi
t6r , ps'snt Pr LOT substantially the same combina
ton5 OF oevlces and machine contained in comnlain
ants patent. On the 18th of the same month tho
respondents formed themselves into a COMPANY or
coronation called "The Reed Torpedo Company
ssr,p ,or ue purpose OF praing the conplainans in.
Vention, sId supporting the expense of LITIGATION
and thus defraa1 him of the fruits They have ner
severed, even after the preliminary Injunction yery
Lei decree he entered for complainant for n pe-
petpai Injunction. and Master appointed TO fake
N sccounf according TO the PRAYER Of the bill.
T. q. GRIER, Judge.
NorB.-The passage referred to bv Judge Grier IN
his former decision, 3 Wallace, D. 299 adopted as
appncabie to this case was as follows
~ Is usually the case, when any valuable discoy.
ary made. or any new machine OF great utility IL
invented. that the attention of the public has Teen
ta'heu 10 that subject previously and that many
persons have been MAXIM; researches and exneri
fhents PHILOSOPHERS and mechnncians NAV have
IN, ia some measure anticipated in their speculations
the possibility or probability Of such discovery or
invention; many experiments have been successful.
~ ulea, coming Very near. yet falling short of tbe
eesTed result They have produced nothing bene.
nGlai me Invention when perfected may truly be
SAID 10 be the eliminating point of many ex1eri.
men =, not only by the inventor. but by many 9th
ors lie may nave proited Indirectly by the I'm s1Ic.
eessiul experiments and failures of Others but II
Eve tne'n no Iieht to claim share of the honor of
: the profit CT the successful inventor II is when
speculation has been reduced to practice, when ex
pcrinent has resulted in discovery and when that
olscoyery has boon perfected by patient and conti
ueu ~ lerineh.s wren some new compound art,
winch Is usefni to epubc that the party making II
Dee0mcs public beneflctor and entitled 10 patent
AUD yet when genius and patient perseverance
sanc, nvs ~ ength suceeedel In spite Of sneers and
seldom Is il followed by reward Envy r0bs him
OF the honor, while spectators swinilers. and nj
rates ROB MIN OF the profits. Every upsu ,cessiu
eAperlmenter who did or did or did not come very
near making discovery now claims it. Every One
who can Invent an Improvement or vary its form
cfai.1s right to pirate the original tiseoyery We
Aeea not SIMMONS Morse, or blanchard or Wood
MoIsh to prove that This Is tho usual history Of eve
ry Efeat discovery or invention
'Ihe present case ADDS another chaDtor tn This
s.sss% ~ n''A n''''''-a Wallace C. C. R'-