The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-09-14
ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETaoLguM TORPEDO Co.
Office AZ the
RED PLANNING MILL,
corner OF Pine and second Strects.
:Noar tho Railr0ad,)
TTUSVILLE, PA.

VVB.Oh hHeC 04u SCCOoO Stk6CuoN
Near tho RaiirOad,)
ITUSvILLE, PA.
Owing " the large and increasing demand for the
R0berls' Torpedoes, and the late decision Of the
apatsnt. and the decision Of Judge X. Z. Gricr sus.
taning the kobertS patent they have LOWERED
che price Of their Torpedses
TWENTY. PER CENT.
- thst every Operator can afford ,u'try rorpedo
before abandoning Well.
Ihe following is the decision rendered by Judpe
Grier on the twenty. second l22l day Of September
lS ID me United States Circuit Court at PhiladsI.
n. Keller Of New York, B. =. Lucas and & A. Pur.
yianee Of PftshurHh, for defendants, and George,
P,.shng Ph,ssdhng q ennadepha' and George H. Chrisy
OPINION OF JUDGE eRrER
"A. write with difficulty can only state the m,
illusions to which my mind has come affer ss,sS;,
examination OF this case
The ccmplainant has exhibited . patent dated
2bth Of April 1885, This Is prima fAcie cyidencs ~
agood title, and puts On the respondents the bur.
den Of proof that the patent d void OF worthless.
l need not repeat my remarks in the case Of Good.
sopt oT hem = % e. s1 Hs ,t but now
plies clearly TO the present case.
:. Al thc tnffngsment Of tho patent Is admit ted.
ss only Question w b 9: the validity Of
ut was after speculation had been re]rced IN
practice, aud after repeated experiments that the
complainant succeeded in overcoming he prejudice
Se pbicp I%e people ss1 e. on the and
aiter he bad established its great utility and ynlne
and "wiien his genius and patient perseverance, in
cessfSl. that Rscd. s WSo h.S Ters completely sue
ments on the same subject, and was unsucce.sfni
imagined that he had the best right to the Invention
noc aI!st paicSasipg one of more complainants tor
for q patent for Substantially the same combins.
nons OF devices and machine Contained in comnlain
ants patent On TIE 18th Of the same month the
corporation called 1.-THE Reed Torpedo Comnsnv.n >
Tor the purpose Of Pirating the complainant,s n,
seS5;,Sn sna suPporting tie expense Of litigation,
seysr ser mn Y. o. th: ats They have
properly granted by the District JudSe. WY
A decree Dc entered for complainant for q per.
petual Injunction and Master appointed to taEe
's % 'ne Z R's$'t =. Gkiss, x II bill; 5aac,
Il, Ncrs-The passage referred to bv Judge Gr,er IN
sppic:Sis to ss.s was si 8 sSlPowIs w. adopted
1T ID usually the casa, when any yalnnbIa d..o,.
Ssy 10 nsds Or any new machine Of great utility is
ied g snss Of The public .s been
nsssons have been making resesrches and erns.II sI
nlsnts. Philosophers and mechanicians NAV have
ths n..hsv @ ansSipated n their specuatiOns
invention; many experiments have been successfii.
tifed, coming very near. yet falling short nj The
desired result They have produced nothing bcnc.
ncial The invention when perfected NAV fruv he
said to be the eliminating point of MANY exn1eri'
mon 9, not only by the inventor hut by MANY 9th.
Ors He may have prOfited Indirectly by tho i,nsnc.
ce-su experiments and failures of otl,ers. but n
gives them no right to claim share of the bcnnr of
the profit OF the successful inventor n H. ,vhem m
speculstion has been reduced to practice, when ex.
pertinent has resulted In discovery and when TINT
discovery has been perfect, by patient ana contin
ned experiments, when some new compound. art
nianuiacture, or machine has been Tins nrofiuce3
which y useful to the public that tho party making Il
becomes apublic benefactOr and entitled 10 n natent
"Aud yet when genius and patient Mrscyerancc
have at length succeeded, in spite Of sneers and
scoifs, some valuable invention or disco"erv ho,r
of tue honor, while speCulatOrs swindlcrs and nj.
rates rob him Of the profits. Every unsuccessR,
experimenier who did or did or did not come yerv
ntar making discovery now claims IT, Eyerv ons
VINO can iuvent an Improvement or ,ary IT, krm
claims right to pirate the original Discovery. We
need not summons Morse, or Blanchard. or Wool
worth TO prove that this is the usual hstnSv of cv
ry great discovery or invention. wv
'sThe present case aods another chanter IN th,
long and uniform histocy."-2 Wallace, c. q. s Rs.
ports p. 292. ~ W Ave-