The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-12-06
RODENTS PETROLEUM NTORPEDO

! 'ODTNiS TEfhOLEUG "1OktEDO.
EDOES.
T1lR ROBERTS
PETROLEUM T8RpEnu co.
Office at the
RED PLANNING MILL,
eoracr OF Pine ana second Streets,
Near the tSatirOad,)
TITUsVILLE, Pa.
=, Owing TO the large and increasnr demand ,or N,
Eoberts' Torpcioes, and the late decision of th,
Souhnissioner OF Patents ia reiusin,r n, Wrn paaS
patent; and the decision Of judge r. C. Grier sns
tanning the Roberts patent they have low san
she price OK their Torpcdos
TWENTY PER CENT.
so that every Operator can affor. ,,,.rv r.
oeiore abandoning y WE'LL AoiPeuo
The following is the decision rerdo,os T.,
@ @S.ier on the twentysecond (22) dav M a., uuse
80 VI yie United States Circuit Corrt m PhiiaS,
H. Keller Of f'ST NV Wa afs1sd three days by Charles
vance OF Pittsburgh, for defendants and a. G pnr,
pm.suins OF Philadelphia and Georye n I ~ Geors
1i'soursh, for Plaintiff. NAiis's' oi
OPINION OF JUDGE GR1ER
"A; wre with ditlcuty can only state tho co,
Susions 10 which my mind has come afsr 'nu cen
Inc conn., claimant has nvl;b;..s
th OF april 1860 This is prna sc;pi. p"'su. daeo
d.n Of nroof that tass on the respondents The huy
neea not rsnaot .s ,le T patent Is void worthless
Fsar vs. Day Il Wall, C. G. Rem: '.s sS ease OF Good
acopt them as siordng a rule of decisin1n Dhi now
piss .ea.ly 10 the present case "h'cn ap'
As Tie lIlllnCeu,hpt nf
me only question will be as TO the val;d;. ADMIT ted
pianan,s patent of April d, 1855. 'ui'y oi COM
nroct.o ",aer ana speculation had been red,ced %
Ploc.iec, ana after repeated exne,imo,, uuceo 70
complainant succeeded in overePminns that the
anu Ignorance OF the people on tbe I prs3aoce
pfar he hs 'ae pubs that his invention wss ara
"nd ue a established its great utility and
anu when his genius and patient nn.! and value,
spite OF sneers and SCOTS wera perseverance, in
mea, on aa tb, Meed who had before made sxnaI sue
imagined that he had the btst rih vas unsuccessful,
mua ai.es purchasing one or more ~, ention,
nr ,ta ne apphed p on the LIST or Noyenbsr sses ~.
lions q devices and nachine con,s,ne naae combina'
pss.en.' On the 18th of the sama nP
sornornt;on coIIas Themselves into comnanv 'ne M
Tor tue purpose OF pirating the cpmnloinanif.a
Tenti9n, anu supporting the expense of Ttiga,ior
sa.ad a ,ds aeiraud him Of the fruits They have per
properly granted by the psirD, Injunction very
Le. decree he entered for Complainant IN, n mi,
u ,ntnetion; and Master appointed to fake
~ ACCOUNT according to the prayer Of the bill,
r. G. GRIER, Judge.
nj, NeeE-tne passage referred to by Judge Grier IN
ann;aah,a lss a. taetGh;'on Wallace, p 2s9 adopted as
sPp plc.cie 70 this case was as follows: S~N "'
~ Is usually the case, when any yaluabe d;.co,,-
sn.a aaoe or any new machine of great uliitv ia
invented, that the attention of the public has Ssen
turhed 20 That subject previously and that r,ann
persons nave been making Researches and exnsriy
,ns"n nn.losopncrs ana mechancians NAV have
rha le MEASURE anticipated in their specuiations
tne possibility or probability Of such diseoveru nr
iim,eHoi H. . many experiments have been successfnl
y iiea, coming very near. yet falling short ot the
Hcial the =; iney nave produced nothing bene.
s;a m ihg Invention wheu perfected NAV fruly he
sad to be the eliminating point OF manv nxSor; Io
men 9, not only by the inventor but bv msnv p",b.
ors. de may have profted indirectly by the ,nsuc.
,iyss ,bap be1pe,lents and failures of Others, but it
tne proit OF the successful inventor If ia when m
epe:nstlon has been reduced to prartice ,rbon ax
porinent has resulted in discovery. and whem ,Sa,
sS mas oeen perfected by patient ana contin
hianuiacture, or machine has been Tins nrod,ca3
winch Is useful to epublic that the M naIn,t
becomes apublic benefactor and entitled n n na,snt
,,ya at ye, When genius and patient perseverance
nv NV at icnsth succeeded, in spite Of sneers and
scoifs, some valuable invention or disconar, hn'. @
seiuom Is II followed by reward Envy robs him
OF tne honor, whine specuators, swindle,s ons mn nj.
TOD nim or the profits. Every unsuccessful
near making discovery now claims IT. Evnr ,,s on
VINO can invent an Improvement or vary its f,rm
GAINS right to pirate the original discoverv W.
.S, neea not summons Morse, Or Blanchard, or Wood
~ great discovery or invention - wv
Inc Present case adds another chapter to this
ports p. 29s. " A"-