The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-11-30
ReBERrs PETR0LEUN TORPEDo.

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TORPEDOES,
THE RO1ERTS
PETROLEuM IsRfBDu %.
Cffice at the
RED FLAMING MILL.
Corner pf .@'ino mud Second streets,
Near the RaiirOad,)
TITjSviLLE, PA. ::
Owing to the large aud Increasing demand for the
Roberts Torpedoes, and the late decision Of the
Commissioner OF pateuts VI refu sing to VIM. Keeo
apatent: AID tn d.cisu OF Judge r. Z. tirsr SITE.
the price OF their Torpedoes
TWENTY. PER CENT.
so that every Operator can afford ~ try q Torpcdo
before abandoning Well.
The following ia the decision rendered by Judye
Grier on the twenty eecond (a!) day Of September,
1859 in The Unitcd Statcs Circuit Court at Philadel
pnnia The case was atgoed three days by Charles
yiance OF Pittsburgh, for defendants, aud George
Harding of Philadelphia, aud George H. Christy, Of
Pittsburgh, FOR plautuG
2PINIoN OF JUDGE 0RIER.
As write Sith difficulty eau only state the con
clnsioni to which my mind has come after q caretu
The complainant hes exhibited paten. dated
2Sth Of April 1895. This Is prima facie evidences Of
q good title, lad puts on tbs respondents the bur
den OF proof that The patent is void or worthless
need not repeat my remarks in the case Of Good.
year vs. Day Il Wall, G. G ReH 229,) but now
adopt them as .aordiag rule oi declson which sp.
pile. ,;sa;lS s ;i;f.0t to shs present ~ case
the only question will be q to the validity Of com
plainans patent Of April q, 1858.
ut wa: after speculation had been reduced to
practice" and a1tcr repeated experiments, that the
complainant succeeded in overcoming he prejudice
and ignorance OF the people on the subject, aud
persusdi&Us & the HShlis that bis invention w.s usea
and "when h,s genius and patient perseverance, in
spite of sneers and scOfs," were completely suc
cessful, that Reed, who had before made experi.
imagined that be had the best right to tue inventor
and after purchasing one OF more oompIainsnt's tor
Pedoes. he anDlied on the 1st Of November, 1851,
for patent for substantially tho same comtSns.
tons of devices and uachinc contained in complain.
ants patent. On the 18th Of the same m(Sth the
respondents formed thsmssives into company or
Tor the purpose Of pirating the c1mplainsnt's In.
aud thus defhsad him Of the fruits They have per
properly granted by the District jude. '1oH 'sf'
Let decree be entered for complainant for per
petual INJUNCTION, and Master appointsd to ale
an account a''''dins to the Rr.ysi sss e ,As 0Il
NorF.-Tae passage referred to bv Judge Grier in
his former decision, = Wallace, D. 800 adopted a.
applicable to this case was a. follows:
ut Is usually the case, when any valuable dsooy.
cry Is nade, or any new machine Of great utility is
invented that the attention Of the pubic has bse
turned to that subject previously, and that many
persons have been making researches and experi.
meuts. Philosophers and mechauiCials NAV have
II ssme measure anticipated in their specnIatiOns
the possibility or probability of such dscoyery or
invention; many experiments have been successful.
tied, coming very near. yet falling short OF the
desired result. They have produced nothing bepe.
hcial. The invention when perfected NAV truly he
said to be the eliminating point OF many exneri.
men $, not only by the inventor, hut by many 9th.
ors. lie may have pr0ffted indirectly by the ilnsuc
csssfn experiments and failures of Others. but 1t
gives them no right to claim share Of the honor of
the profit Of the successful inventor 1t ia when
speculation has been reduced to practice, when ex
pertinent has resulted in discovery and when that
discovery has been perfected by patient ana contin
ued experiments, when some new compound, art
manufacture, Or machine has been thus produced
which Is useful to public that tho party making IL
becomes apublic benefactor aud entitledto pareIt.
"Aud yet when genius and patient perseverance,
have at length uc;eeded, in spite of sn.ers and
scof{s some valuable invention or discO"ery, how
seldom is II followed by reward Envy robs him
Of the honor whiie specuators, swindie.s and pi.
rates rob him of the profits. Every unsuccessful
exrsrfmenter who did or did or did not come very
near making discovery now claims it. Every ons
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 IL the usual history Of eve
ry great discovery or invention.
'The present case aods another chapter to this
long and uniform history.'-a Wallace, G. Z. lie
ports p 29a IT.