The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-08-16
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PHFRbIHUM TlRpED0 CO.
Office at the
RED PLANNING MILL,
COrAcr Of Pine and second streets,
:NOar tho Hatlroaa,,)

ITUSVILLE, Pa.
Owing TO the lnr.e and Increasing demand for the
EEonsts' TNrpedoei. md the ste decision of the
Commissioner Of ps.rlts In refnsing TO VIM Reed
paierf, md the daCistn of Judc II. Z. Grier sus.
tatrhs lhe n.srts' patent thry .hsve LOWERED
the prscasf sIsr 9urpedocs
TWENTY. PEa CENT.
60 hist every 0rrao, can a0on, ,u1zy q Torpedo
before aba,idoDing wdl.
Ihe following IA tbe decision rnirscrci tv ynacn
(}rier oe the twenty secund (22) day OF se,.ou,h,
1850 in the United st,ses Circuit Court at PhlaSoi
plta. The case was crrued three DAYS by Cbnrins
M; Keller 81 New York, B. T. Lucas aud ( A. Pr
T,lnss o. t1nsrnrsh, Tor Defendants and Georgef
Mardhg ct PhfAde!pha, aud George II. Christy' n
Pittsburgh, tor plasntnI
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIEn
AZ write With difficulty can only s.,,s ~, ,rS,
illusions 70 which my mind has come after narst,,
exaninatioD Of tlis casa t"'o'"
18th of April lSd5. This il prima ace evtdornn %
good title, mud puts on the r,spondents thn @ "
den c1 proof that the pae,it is void or worthless
Moo n Doa repeat my remarks in the case Of Good.
adopt them as efOryiinx rule OF decidon which an
pines clearly 10 the presert case. '" "p
.hs oIs me ,niring,men, & Of the patent b adn. ted,
rplainanfs latent Of April q, 1853 VIII
IL ~ was an4T speculation. had been reduced 20
pnSn,c ana aiitr ,cpeo'ed experiments that the
nffrfi
and Ignorance of the people on the sn,iect az
pesuacig the public that his invention Wa nsei,i
Aer ne rad established Its great usility and vajna
sps Of sneer e. nf ps Us Gd patient perseverance, in
cesscl, tat heed, who had before made exne,i.
mcnis n. tiie same subject and WINS unsnccaep ps,i
una sseI .1M ne hnd the best right to the invention,
auo aaer purchasing one OF more Complainant tnr
peucS, ne nppled or the lst Of Noycmher 1se7
for patent FOR substantially the same cnnhina''
nons OF oevioes and machipe contained in complain.
Is n I'm ", nc el.
respondents formed themselves into fDnnanv N, n,
corporation called "The Reed ToDedo Cnnnsynv " y
sSrths purpose Of p.rating the c1mplainants in
and thus de.rsud him Of the fr,iits They have nn
severed, oven sfteT the preliminary inunctinn very
property eIaLted by tho District Judge WY
penal INJUNCTION. and Master appointed to tppie p
80 s0Oou'H according to the prayer q The bill '
EolR-1he psssaeo referred to by Judge Grier IN
Me former decision, Wallace, D. 200 adontcd AZ a.,
1Pphcabse 70 this caDe was "a follows; "'
% Is ussna,.y the case when any valuable discov.
ny Eode, or ;sny new machine Of great mill IA
invented, that the attention Of the public has Ieen
turned 70 that subject previously, and that many
persons nave been making researches and expert.
N sone "a asure anticipated in their specIiiations
tie posst On probability of such discoyerv nT
inyenuo.; many experiments have been snocessftil.
desired result. They have proiced noihiro =, un ,ne
hqN The invention whom perfected may truly be
e~'a % ne tie eliminating point OF MANY expert.
inoas, not only ythe inventor hut by manv 9TH.
ofs Hn ma7 have protited Indirectly BY the lnstc-
eessf7l experiments and failures of Others, bnt II
gives them rilht to cain a share of the hcnor of
Ne ppti OF the successful inventor II is when
speculation has been reduced to practice, when ey
pertinent las resulted in discovery and wien that
dscovery has been perfected by patient ana contin
ued experiments, when some new compound art.
manufacture, or machine has heen thu, produced
whon uso!1 TO the public that the party making II
becomes npubic bcncfactOr and entitled to n paIent
sand yet when genius and patient perseverance,
rave r. leal;th succeedcd in spite Of sneers and
fcoh'7 1nrl Talu tblc invention or disco"cry how
seldom is # followed by reward Envy robs him
OF the honor. white spcculators swindlefs and nj.
rates rob him OF the profits. Every unancce:s siill
experfmrn.er who did 0r did or did not come very
hear n A. ing dlscovery now claims It, Every on,
vho cnn i,vrl4i IN Improvement or vary It's form,
alai.aa righi to pir.,o the orr nal discovery We
need tot summons worse, or Blanchard, Or Wood
worth to prove that this ia the usual history of eve
~ I,sat discovery or invention.
"The present case adds another chapter 10 this
dong ard uniform hlstory."-2 Wsllace, Q. e Re
Ports p se2.