The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-08-04

TORPEDOES..
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO co.
Office at the
BED planning MILL.
COrner OF Pine and second streets,
Near the Railroad,)
ITUsvILLE, PA.
,Slwing to the large and increasing demand for the
RIberts Torpedoes, and the late decision of the
commissioned Of Patents in refusing to VIM. Reed
patent. and the decision OF Judge r. &. Grier sus
falning the Roberts patent they have LOWERED
the price OF their TorpedOes
TWENTY. PER CENT.
40 that every Operator can afford NJ try rorpsdo
before abandoning Well.
1rhe following is the decision rendered by Judce
Srler on the twenty-second (22) day of Sentember
!%@, in the United States Circuit Court at Phlade.'
phfa. The case was argued three days by Charles
= Keller Of New York, b. r. Lucas and l. 4. Pur.
vance OF ptttshurgh, for defendants, and Georpcf
a,,shns I.ohnG o. rnadepha, and George L. Chris,y
".
As write with difficulty can only state tbo co.,
clllsions to which my mind has come after caret,
examination Of this case " ''''''
an Of %pr sss ers Ri. eEhsSd nmd pa.en. dated
good title, and puts on the respondents the hnp
dsn OF proof that the patent Is void or worthless.
neea not not repeat my remarks in the case Of Good.
adopt them as anording rule OF decision which NV.
Pile. clearly to the present case. "p
the only assisD % bo OF the patent i,
p'alnanis patent OF April Is, 1883. O' >'1
III was after speculation had been redueed N
ahs n,,es rePeaed experiments, that the
anu ignorance OF the people on the subject. nnd
prrsuading the pnbic that his invention was nsefnl
aiter nc had established ts great utility and yalne
spite Of sncers and scof.," were eomnetaiH III N
cessfnl that Reed, who had before made exner; sni
;.n snS on me same subject and was unsuccessful,
ard after purchasing one more Complainant tnr
pedoes. ne applied on the lst Of November isS7.
lions 5 pf evis, os sur the same combna
ants patent On the 18th Of the same month The
respondents formed themselves into a comnanv or ~
for tSs oseS e 1.-THE Reed
vention, and supporting tie expense of itioat;nn
and thus deffnud him 81 the fr.,it. They have ne.
sSyssed; nr even aes ths preliminary injunction very
Leta decree be entered for complainant fl, ner
petual injunction: and Master appointed 10 take
40 account according to the prayei q he bill ~
B. c. 1RIER, Judge.
.Nots-Ine passage referred to bv JUDGE Grier IN
i .as iTrmer decision. Wallace, P 800, adopted az
sppicaoie % this case was as follows:
it 10 nsually the case, when any valuable iiscov.
sry nade, or any new machine Of great utiity is
mvented, that the attention of the public has been
turned to that subject previously, and thai msnS
persons have been making researches and eSner3.
msnts Philosophers and mechanicians mav be, a
,n some MEASURE anticipated In their specIiiotons
the possibility or probability Of such discovery or
invention; many experiments have been successful.
desired result. They have produced nothing bene'
heal The Invention when perfected NAV frniv he
san to be the eliminating point OF manv ex;ar;
men {, not only by the inventor. but BY many 9th.
ors. lie may have prohtod indirectly BY the unsuc
Cersla. experiments and failures Of Others, but it
gives Them no right to claim share Of the honor of
the proiit OF the successful inventor Ii is when
spcculat1on has been reduced to practice ,vhen ey
pertinent fa' resulted in discovery and when tba,
N-coyery has bsen perfected by patient ana contjn
ned experiments, when some new compound. art,
which Is useful to epublic that the party makinv
becomes apublic bcnefactor and entitled 10 natent
"Auo yet when genius and patient perseverance,
nave at length succeeded in spite of sneers and
SCOTS, some valuable invention or disco~ery. how
seldom Is Il followed by reward Envy robs him
Iat-s rob him of the profits. Every unsuccessfnl
experimenter who did or did or did not come yery
near making q discovery now claims it, Every ona
VINO can Invent an Improvement or vary its form,
claims right to pirate the original discovery, We
need not summons Morse, or Blanchard. or Wood.
worth to prove that this is the usual history of eve
~ great discovery or invention.
"Thc present case Adds another chapter TO this
fong and uniform history."-2 Wallace, c. G. Re.
ports p. 292 -'0