The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-08-25
ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO Co.
Office at the
RED PLANING MILL,
Corner OF Pine and second Streets.
Near the Isatlroad,)
ITUSVILLE, PA.

Owing to the large and increasing demand for tn
ROBERTS ToipedOes. and the late decision of tn
Commissioner Of Patents In refusing to VIM. Rec
patent and the decision of Judge ,. &. Grier s,s
tanning the Roberts patent they have LOWERED
the price OF their Torpedoes
TWENTY. PER CENT.
20 that every Operator can afford ,o'ry Topped
before abandoning Well
The following is the decision rendered by Judo
S Srier on the twentysecond (22) day of September
iS, IN Inc United States Circuit Court Mt Philadel
pnia. The case was argued three days bv Charlie
Vance W. nssr os p, 81 New York. B. T. Lucas and A. Pur
Harding OF Philadelphia, and Georre II. Cbris,v
Pittsburgh, for plaintiff
OPINION!OF JUDGE GRIER.
As write with difficulty can only state the m,
cl1sions to which my mind has come after caretu
examination Of this case
The complainant has exhibited a pnten( doted
zoth cf Apri', lS65. This is prima f,cie evidence
q good title. and puts on the respondents The bur
dcn OF proof that the patent Is void or wor,hless
year vs; Day (2 Wall, c. C. Rep; 229,) but now
adopt them as atfording rule Of decision which an
pies clearly to the present case.
As the infringement of the patent is admit ted.
the only question will be as to the validity of com,
plainanfs patent of April 25, 1853.
ut was alter speculation had been reduced IN
Practice" and after repeated experiments that tbe
complainant succeeded in overcompr he nrei,,dice
and Ignorance of the people On ,he subiecf nnd
persuading the public that lis invention was r,
aer nc hd established Its great utility and value
spite Of sncers and scott. were fomnleteiv s ~.
cessiui, that Reed, who had before made cyperi.
mems ON tne same subject, and was rnsrcces,iul
imagined thnt he Ind the best ,iyt to the ovcn,ion
ana after purchasing one more comDl .in,p, tnr
pedoes he applied on the LIST of November. 1887
tor pstsnt for substantially the same combina
tions Oh deVces and machine contained in com llpin.
ants patent. On the 18th of the same ronib ,ta
respondcnfs formed themselves intOa comDaJy or
Scor%poralion cor % called 1.-The Reed redu Company"
Drtip 1or me purpose OF piratng the complauans in
and thus deffaud hi, Of the fruits. They haye ucr
severed even after the preliminary Injunction We,
properly granted by the Distlic, ,judre wy
Let decree be entered for complainant for n nor.
petual Injunction. and Master anpointed TO fake
an account according to the PRAYER Of ,l,e bill
~ hNeeLE,-The passage referred TO by Judge Ciicr in
ms former decision, Wallace, p. 800 adopted a.
applicable to this case was as follows:
III is usually the case, when any ypluable dsc,v
cry u made, or any new uche of cre3, u.i,itv ia
invented, that the atc '', he I,i;1llc has Geen
turned to that subject irevi" sly. and Ina: many
persons nave been ''rking resc 'iches and eynari.
1nents. Philosophers ad r,ccirricans nav have
IN some measure ;icipatel N ;,eir s,,s suotions
the possibility or plobabty of snch tiiscovery or
inventiot IN many exlcrimots Rave bee successful.
" tiled coming weiy icsr. yet fa.ins short of tbe
1eslred result T',y III re prH!uce,l nothing bene
fcial The inventor w:,et perfected r,ay trniv he
e"iu W VIC 'ne C'.i"iNMtln- DOlni OF many eyneri-
mon g, not only by the iventor bn bv ,n,nv "n-
or: he may have rolted indirectly hy tie Tnsuc.
ce.siul experiments I'D failures o.; .hers, but II
gves mem no ri.n. =, ca'ia share o. the honor of
tne profit or tho successful ;,ventor Ii is when
speGnlation has been l. 'uced ~ Practice When cx. /,
pertinent ha' resulted! In discovery. and when that
discovery has bee' porfec,ed nv ,atien ana contin
uea , experiments: % whom some i" compound rrt, |
manuiacture. or machine hrs ,eer Tins nroI,co,'
which is useful to the bile a.. he ,,aitv inot;ma
becomes apuhlic ben:inctor rDd i,ief: to I,a,eni
AND yet when genius md .2r. perseverance
have at length succeeded, in s,,.re cr sl.ers and
SCOTS son,a valuable Invention or c'sco-ery. how
selIom e u. is II follow; by reward Envy robs him
OF the honor, whiie secuatOrs, swindlers. and nj.
rates rob him Of the profits. Every unsuccessful
g experimener who did or did mr. did not cmne very
nsas i making discovery now claims 1t. Every ons
VINO can Invent an improvement or yary its f,rn
claims right to pirate the ori2iral discovery We
need not summons NOISE, or Blanchard, or Wood |
worth TO prove that tnis s the usual HISTORY of cy
ry great discovery or invention. - N'o
'The present case acds a''ot. chapter to this
pOyts p. 292. N'0