The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-10-14
ROBERTS PETROLEUM. TORPEDO.


TORPEDOES.|
THE RUBERTs
PETROLEUM TORPEDO 90.
Office at the
RED PLANNING MILL,
Corner Of pine and second streets,
.Nenr the HG;lrOad,)
TITUsvILLE, PA.
Owing to the lar,e and increasn, demand for tho
Roberts Torpedoes, aud the late decision OF the
Commissioner of Patents in refusing to VIM. Reed
patent. and the decision of Judge r. c. Grier sus
ainny the ttoberts' patent they Iavo LOWERED
the price OF their Torpedoos
TWENTY. PER CENT.
so that every Operator can afford ,v.try Torpcdo
before abandoning Well.
The following is the decision rendered by JUDGE
0rier on the twcnty-second (.2) day of September
lSt in the United States Circuit Court at Phadel,
pI1a: Inc case was argued three days by Charles
~ Keller Of New York, u. +. Lucas and s A. Pur-
yiance Of Pittsburgh, for defendants, and Geor,e
nardlng Of philadelphia, and George H. Christy, Of
Va A<NAOAN va oODoh
As write with difficulty can only state the cor
clusions to which my mind has come after rarsf,,
examination Of this Case.
a,in The snI,I sS, h.s exhibited paen.
good title, aud puts On the respondents the bur
den OF proof that the patent Is void or worthless.
need not repent my remarks in the case Of Good.
adopt themj's anording rule Of decision Which ap
plies clesrll Il the present case. "f
ha NJ IN tlo, t;.a..
plainans patent of april 25, 1865
ut wa: after speculation had been reduced TO
"ns ",er repeated experiments, that the
and ignorance OF the people on the subiecf md
persuading the public that his invention was usef:
MIsr ne naa rs es'aosled its great utility and value,
spite Of sncers and scolfs were comnletelv .nc m
cessfnl that Reed, who had before made expert
ments on the t same nm subject, and was unsuccessful
and after purchasing one more complainant tor
pedoes. he applied on tho 1st of November, 1867,
a r pt'Ss. S.o 10. SUBSTANTIALLY the same combina
ants patent On the 18th OF the same month the
respondents formed themselves into a company or
corporation called "The Reed Torpedo Coinpany y
for tho purpose of prating the complainant,s in
vention, AMI supporting the expense of litigation.
and thus defraud him Of the fruits. They have per
severed, even after the preliminary Injunction yery
properly granted by the District Judge
Let decree be entered for complainant for per
petual Injunction. and Master appointed to take
oil A'''s 10 'ne T. RFayst Z. Gisa, # FL BILL jude.
NoTE.-The passage referred to by judge Grer IN
MS former decision, Wallace, p. 299. adopted IA
Applicable to this case was as follows:
1T ls usually the case when any valuable di,cov
Invented, that the attention of the public ha, 5een
turned to that subject previously aud that many
persons nave been making researches and ovnsr}
ments philosophers and mechancians may have
IN some measure anticipated in their specuIatjons
the possibility or probability Of such discovery nr
invenuou; many experiments have been successful.
~ uled, coming very near. yet falling short of the
desired result. They have produced nothing bene
neal The invention when perfected NAV frulv he
sslu 10 ne tue eliminating point of many eyneri
men :, not only by the inventor, but by many 9th.
ors. He may have protlted Indirectly BY the ilnsuc
csssiut experiments and failures of Others but it
gives tnem no right to claim share of the honor OF
tho profit Of the successful inventor II is when
speculation has been reduced to practice when cy
pertinent has resulted in dis ,overy. and. when that
discovery has been perfect, by patient ana contn
ued experiments, when some new compound. art
msnniactnre; or machine has been thus produced
which Is usefuito the public that the party making
becomes apublic benefactOr and entitledto patent
sand yet when genius and patient perseverance,
nave at length succeeded, in spite of sneers and
scofs, some valuable invention or disco"ery how
sci iom Is IL followed by reward Envy robs him
Rates rub him OF the profits. Every unsuccessful
experimenter who did or did or did not come yery
near making discovery now claims it, Every Ons
who can invent an Improvement or yary its f,rm
claims right to pirate the original discovery We
need not summons Morse, or Blanchard, or Wood
~ great discovery or invention
1.-The present case adds another CHAPTER tO this
long and uniform history."-2 Wallace, G. {. Re,
ports p. 292.