The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-08-24
ROBERTS PETROLEUM. TORPEDO.
TORPEDOES.
TEE EUB ERTS
PITRstEJM FaRpEro co.
, Office 1T the
RED PLANNING MILL.
'OoxAer or Pine ana Second Streets.
Ncar the katiroad)
ITUSVILLE. PA.
ROBERTS PETROLEUM. TORPEDO.
ITUSVILLE, PA,

AA0SV AAAGs, a.
Owing 70 the large and increasing demand for m,
Roberts Torpedoes, snd the late decision tT IN,
Commissioner Of Patents in refusing to VIM. Reet
patent and the decisl N Of Judge r. G. Grier an a
tainng the Roberts patent they have IOWEHEJ
the price Of their Torpedots
TWENTY. PER CENT.
sothat every Operator can Afford ,o'try rorneeo
before abandoning Well.
Inc following ia the decision rendered by Jud,e
Sa.o on the twenty (o2) day of se4ember
nS; 1 IN @ the United States Circuit Court at Phiadel
N. Keller Of New York, s. y Lucss And Snas,es pre
vance OF Pittsburgh, for Defendants and coorne,
Hardcg Of Philadelphia, and George II. Christi 81 .
flusburgh, for plaintiff. '
opINIoN,Or JUDGE aRIER a.
oMI AZ write with difficulty can only state the cor
examination OF this Case. 0- '"'o''
o,fh he =, ,ccn,glansnt g has exhibited patent dated
gaoS q tts n s,s dsS This is prma fscit evidence Of
den Of proof .ha t patent is void or mi our
need no. repeat my remarks in the case of Good
year 's; Davt Wall, G. c. Ken: 2aa h., "ou .,n,'
pies Clearly to the present case "'.A "p
=, AS the infringement Of the pntent a, aa,,,.,
.ns Only question will be to the validity of com
p.lhaMs an as.. patent pate. of April 25 1sss. Vi '''
y. Mas a.eer speculation had been reducsd 90
riactice and after repeated exper;,ncnts th 20
ooinpIaiiait succeeded in overcoming no nrc,d;co
NHu ignorance OF She people on IN. sul,;oc, o,
after he bsd pIoIo sha bis invocation was use,
nd ,,, uu aa estsoished its great utility and ynne
ana "when hls'genu. and patient perseverance r i,
spite OF snoers and SCOTS :" were ron,no.i ~
u,sa.a ~ anS, heed' who had before made exper
nents OIL tne slme subject, and wns unsuccaPGi
msglned that nc had the best tight 20 the inven,n'
~ aite, purchasing one or more complainon.,s tnr
peeoes , 10 aeohel on the ist of November 1851.
~ Ps'sht ior substantially the same cn,,hi,o
nnns OF oeVicos and .cch;pn conts;rsJ; l.; 'i "'nIa
snts patcnt' On the 18th OF the same montb ,hn
aoTno1an epoains Termed themselves into company or
for The prpo.s o.oS os ne Reed Torpedo Company"
ventlon, aud supportip tie expensr "r W,;lt,; in
ana tnis ceffaud him Of the fruits. They bsve nnr
proneriy urar,n tiGf me preliminary Injunction very
LEI decree he entered for cOmnis;no,, t,. . ,or
pe'an. y, .nJcnction and Master apponted 10 tpSe
~ account according to the prayer Of the bill
Il. c. GRIER, Judge
III; NooIh-Ine passage referred 10 BY Judge Crier in
M nrhier deci;'on, Wallace D. 2ss adopted as
app,,ciole 10 ihis case was rs follows: NC
IT is usually the case when nnv valuo,,, d..
sry Is mace or any new machine Of gr.nt M; ;tv i;
,nven.ed mat the attention Of the public hns bocn
persons bave ' bso sunees previously md that many
psno InVe 1n oetn making Researches and eynar;
Men,s mems Fhilosophers ana m-chancians NAV bnv.
~ Ue i.n.lre anticipated In their 80 clilntions
l1 p;sshiiy or probability of such discover or
i ip"' .nI many experiments have beer succe:si,,,
,sa, coming Very near yet falling short Of the
Geslied result They have produced nnthirg !, o, s
sSid :. ns Invention when perfected may truiy he
a ssaa 70 oe the eliminating point OF many ey5ei.
nrs sn not only by the inventor, but by many 9TH.
ne may nave profted indirectly bv The iIn.uc
,,, y. experiments and failures Of Others. hIt !;
s ges 'nSn no right to claim share o. the honor of
on, 0i .ne successful inventor 1t H. when
specuistion has been reduced to br1rticc xr.S o
5 permeut ha. resulted iI discovery and WHEN tia,
a nas been perfected by patient and contin
MsSInI'acture ,sIn Or machine ha, be"n fhu nrodncrj
hoao, Is useful 70 thepnb!ic that the party making
"end yn "pu1iic oeneiactor aud entitled to pate,,t
,o,:a ana yet when genius and patient persovcrancc
LUZ az length succeeded, in spite OF snrers and
sslaom ~ Is II followed by reward Envy rcbs HIM im
rates ro,' & WINE specuators swndcrs and pi
x., Ion nm OF the profits. Every unsnccesstnl
exerimsner who did or did or Gid not come very
ha ~ nf,g discovery now claims it, Every ons
n; o enn iuVsht All improvement or yary its i;,rm
cainis . right to pirate the original diseoyerv W.
vortE W snmmens n Morse or blanchard, or Wood.
ry great discovery or invention 'o! vi eve
,orr nn present. case ndas another chapter to this
ports p. 202. "'"1'' " y. ne