The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-14
.TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM T1RrED0 GO.
Office .at the
kED IlLAEING MILL ,
corner or ptun and second streets,
(.enr ths RatirondO
lT-rUSVILLE, Pa.


OWNS to tn ,arrr and ,acreasln, demand for y the
t'b'',.: nor, lle and the late decision Of til g
,,,r,ni .io, ~ Of pstelts In refusing to VIM Reed
,n,'ln. s,,t IA decision of Judge r Grier ! sus
/, AIN ne N,r.rt-' paten, they nave LOWERED
the prce Of t1eir io-pedoes ....
rYENff PER CENT.
40 ,.,at eyrry orcrl.o- can .iort,i try Torpedo
l5sr ~. ab,r lcrin. g " ell
.,t. e,,c,,i,l, i. e All ioh'rcndared by Jodge
-rIrr on the t~enty se.ara (2l, day Vt septemper'
,;e in tn rui'ed St1tes c,r:rit court at rnaGei.
,hi, T.,e 81 e was fgncdtiree days by Chsries
Keller OF Ne,y York, - Y. La "a and y A. tnr-i
iarce of Pu.hurgi, f0f def 'ndan's, and George
lisruiur OF mi s..cipha, and George H. Chris'y, Q
i.'itishageh, fOr pia.ltlit.
OPINION. OF JUDGE GRIER.
N1wj,o Q Wit, tifieulty I can only state the con
v.ious 10 shlch my mind has come after carsi'i;
n . s,'r'pis;uHnt ii lDs exhibited "a patent dated
,th Of April 1855. This Is pr'ma facie evidence OF
rcod Il .ic. ani rats on the respondents the Dur
# proof soa s \ ,Hd ;be 81 esss Good
,sar W. D., q Val, c c. Rep; FED prt now
.do,. them a. aaurdins rule Of decision which ap-
,.ie., clearly to the resent case.
As the inirirger.e OF The patent aamn y, , .su'
= on. question will be as to the validity OF COM
4 ,ln,uan,s ,,.teli, cf April IS, 1S5S.
| iii was ate, sp'cul 'tion, had bee. reduced 20
and after epsseS Ssrpninp sspeeh he prridee ,
ID moran IF the people on the subject, and
,eisua5ug be prblic that his invention was useu;
g.er he had estbis I'd its great utility and value,
n,Te of sncct. md scott" were completely sue
eessfnl, tl.at reed, who lad tefne made expert
nenrs on lie same sIhjcct, and was unsuccessful,
m that ie had the best right to tue invention,
ru s,- = purchasing one of more complainant tor
/ ,edoe. he applied on the ist o. November, ISoI,
| >, patent for Substantially tho same comIlna'
iun- Of devices and achin. c9ntained IN eompii.i
e.poudepts form ID themselv,s into company or
,rvo u,ior calied '.rhe Reed Torpedo Company"
u .bs purpose Of pirating the compiaip9a.nts IN
: I'd thus dsfiaud him Of the trIts They have pc.
eyerci, even ait"r the preliminary injunction very
ropsfy g.a,,ted by the District Judge
= Let q d.cree be entered ior compialihn. ior pr.
ejual Injunction and uaster appointed 10 take
account according to the gr er q fRs Di Inao.
Norr.-Yhe passage referred to BY Judge Grier in
Is SSriner d, 4 son, Wallace, p. 800. adopted as
on ic,bfe TO this case was a. follows: -
..Jt "a rs,s,ly III IL c.3c when any valuable dtcov
~ is Ual.; or any new machine % OF great n S,i ny Is
lrtct TO thai subject previously, and nat many
ers0us have hesn making researches ana exPeri
.e,,s i,h.icsvpae and mechanicians may Lave
isom, N ssrre anticipated in. their .p CITATIONS
10 Ius,,,ihs, or probability Of such discovery or
lS,ition: many experiments hate beeL successful
; ttief, oming very near. yet falling short oi the
result They have proa1ssaa nUIHng aH rS ISps be-
-
"a to y. The eliminating point OF manv experf
.eu $, not 0i.y nv tie Inventor, but by many otn-
rs is may hay, =. )f.ted indirectly by the unsuc,
,ssf,,i e.ns,imen. nd failures of Others. but 1,
,ss thcrl 30 riht To cain share oi the honor OF
,c pro5; O" the successful. inventor. II is when
,ecuiasior has been reduoedto practice, when eA-
srir.p la. resulted in discovery AND when ,l!ai
i,co ery la. been pcrtected by patient and contin
cd s,u .rm,cts vl.n some new compound, art,
,aanlactlne " machiue has been Thu produced
he !, ,,sef, % hepubc, that the party making i
's,,n.aapII &c benefactor and etitiedto patent
"Aud VI. v'mu genius md pa:i.nt perseverance.
ave at .ene.n suoYec ~, In spite OF snters nnd
on. . ne Ns,uatis invention or Giscoery, 20"
don, j, Il ro'.owej hy reward Envy ro1s him
ihs honor whAe specula'ors, swindle 8, and pi,
t,s rob hin Of t,e profits. Every unsuccessiu
.--,mtnis sr who did or did or did not come very
s.cn,,Iiiis q discovery now claims 1t. Every ons
10 caa iutcB NJ Improvement or vary Its iorm,
niins ';bt TO pirais the Odginal discovery; We
xd w. l!nm n iorse, or Blanchard, or Wood
or.h t. uruvs thai his Ia the usual history OF eve
4 er.st tis. oyi - o. Invention. -
.'Ihe pres Ut case srds another chapter to this
ng ami uniiJ rm histcry."--2 Ws'lacs,J u Y. he-
)lts !. -32.