The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-08-01

TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO co.
Office at the
RED PLANING MILL,
|. Corner of'Dine and Second Streets.
49, Near the Railroad,)
. 4k rTUSvILLE, Pa.
Owing 70 the large and increasing demand for the
Eroodis Forpedoss and the late decision Of the
SommiSioner Of Patents In tefa sing to VIM. Reed
patent. aud the decision OF Judge r. G Grier sus.
,asising -. shs kSssrts, patent they have LOWERED
INC PRICE q fheir TorpedOes -
TWENTY PER CENT.
, % mat every Operator can afford 10 try Torpedo
0eaore abandoning Well.
10 ioiSwins Low is the decision rendered by Judge
am " On the twenty second (42) day OF Ssntember
is.S iS u the United States Circuit Court at PhaJo
pq'n; Tne case was argued farce days by Cbarns
eancs sa' Of P,tsSu,a sSw a Lucas and Pnr
sssdins Sf Philsdspha and George L. Chts,ys
OP1NlONfOF JUDGE GR1ER,
write With difficulty can only state tho ron
T. res n" s IN, mind has acf careful
o.,h me =, ,oonplainant has exhibited pa,en, dated
.n o. APsi, 1870 This Is prima facie eydenca "f
SeH ~ rsOo, aug Pass on the respondents the bur
acI y. ptoot ehat the patent Is void or worthless
need not repeat my remarks in the cass W Gao
year " Day Il Wall, c. G. Ret asSa 'I hn, y, 'ood ,
n, a. " ,iorons rule Of decision Which ap
As the Infringement OF the patent 4. aa.,..,
,y IS only question Will be as to the VALIDITY nf COM
% E wa. psssn' sssr speeastoS' % ARTiI s5' lsss SIS
complainant suecA in Overcoming nr1indin aal 1ne
sSe =, sum- ~ people on the subject and
asr he hA established is great utty and xainai
, ans "was. " n: genius and patient persevcrauce IN
cesssi ~, snd ana scotf-," were completely snc.
nenIs on the eane subject, and wa. nnsnccnHpps
E,seu tnaI ne had the best right to the Invention
psSeas ~ an,Issd G one or more complainant tor
-.n mr pstent ior substantially tho same conhina
sn,,. " w .''eS and nachne containedin COMPLAIN
re~mdens ,oe,ns un ne 10th Of the month the
Sfpaiion called "The Reed Torpedo f,,Innsynv " :,
Iot.ne purpose Of printing the cGilDa nn,,i,s n
and thu. def,ua Sa, =, 1he expense Of ltigation
severed, even after the preliminary iniuncion v"rv
pr%Gpery % granted by the District Judge. WY
petusi ,niunct" e ensSred Tor complainant for per-
~ a'sounl according to the prayer of the bi'l.
. JlC 4 .LL r. c. GRiER, Jntgo.
,Nors-The passage referred to by JUDGE Critr IN
hs 'ormer decision, Wallace p. 2yo alontnd a ~
>pP,icasDis pI, ~ .s 70 ihis case was as follows
~ 70 usually the case when any valuable fjscov.
sry Is uade or any niacipe Of .rr,nt ~, ;
invented, that theattcntiUn of the public IN. t. m -
1 iIu1 20 lhat SUBJECT previously. and thu. ,nnI "
i'etsoos nave benn making Researches and oyncry
tents PhilOsOphtrs and mecliauiciors ma, H.. t
insome measure anticipated In their s,,nc'io,e io
une possihility or probability OF such discover nr
,h'cuoh; many experiments have hpeu AZ, ,,cnJ.sI -
WHied, coming very near. vet rllliny shnrt ~ 49,,
Se:l,ed result. They have produced no'hjng beun
.s1s inc Invention when perfected NAV trulv he
man o NC, ui Him,n.nlaling m point OF MANY expert
or. hs may have prolited Indirectly by the i,ns,In
Cess!M experiments and failures of otbers hrt I.
gives mem no right to claim share of The I,c,,r r
tnc p,out Oi the successful inventor In il who,
spoCel h!1h nus oeen reduced to prac.icc when cy
% %Ee.auen. ms resulted ~ discovery and When that
Scovery mas been perfected by patient an1 eon,in
ued experiments, when some new comI,,n,T .t
han!iacture. or machine has been ,b,,, nrCInc Il
WINCH Is useful TO tine public, that the mari i,oL i'm, n
CeroMes apubtc benefactOr and entitled 10 n nnte1
"Auo YET when genius and patient perseyer ~ ~,
,W ,,fIsnng III, succseded, IN spe Of sner =,
ssldoin Is il followed by reward En- sfS, now
OF tue honor, While spccuators, swir ,oy s'os MN
htsT n5e him OF the profits. Eve NV, Wy >, anu P,
expe.1m,ner who did Or did or a. :; ,''iinncccrsH
NEAR making discovery now air : H. 'p,nu p ''al
.,a ,vt r;..s,, an iinprovcr .eut or yarv i,s rn
need moi .n",np % rsts Wo w. orr .na discovery. W,
worth to prove that mis- i the m",', III W. Woud
Iy xraat discoverTr or iE yention ' '''''' vi eve
nS {,vj.s, 80. case odds another chaptcr to Ali;
ports J. -J:. "''uce' u u Ae