The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-08-15


TORPEDOES.
TIEE RUBERTs
PETROLEUM TORPEDO CO.
Office at the
REP PLANNING MILL.
corer OF Pine and second Streets.
sNear the Railroad,)
ITUSVILLE, PA.
-T>iae % the large and Increasing demand for ,he
G0' p Iozredoes, and the late decision of tho
Co A'ssivaer Of PaAents In refusing to VIM. Reed
sP ssaS sdS me decstm Of Jndgc r. G. Grier sn s.
the gr> cS their Turpeaoes
TWENTY. PER CENT.
sefs1s ec M essg s1se% IN en- shrd so.try Torpedo
The 6uowng is the decision rsrrf,rsi bv Ind.
Sa ~. ea ne twenty second t22) day of seHta,nhs,
a@s @ a me United States Circuit Ccurt at PbiiaSai
Keller Of fise s wSs v asgqed three days BY Charles
@ laaSe q f1Es6argh, for defendants, and Gsorac,
in,,dlms q Philadelphia, and George n. Catis,x
~As'~OsAehj p{Atnuu
oPraIONtOF JUDGE GRIER
write With difficulty can only sta,e tho co,,
sxsmin.,n ,.s ny mind has come after a ca-efu
Ell Inc =, oonn;atnant & man hes exhibited pateu. dated
Iso sos y ,s hl sS 40 This is prma fce evidence Of
zen OF peorf tht the patent is Void or worth Dur
noNi na repeat my remarks in the case of O.,
ysar vs Day t2 Wall C. c. Re,y 2SS.I hnt "uOu uo,,
plies clearly to the present case. ''H "hicn ap
ne oni~ rIiinsement OF the pate1t Is aimt, t,,
ns ony qeeston win be as to the VALIDITY of coa
pialnAnsa patent " April 25 ls5S. vi CON-
~ was afhr epeculatiOn had been r,,a,,,, a..
r,e.'S, mo a'td repeated experiments tbet ~
complainant suoceeded IN uvercomnr he sne
narsnsls',' ,'o ne people on the subject. and
psuang tne Pu6hc that his invcntion was ,,,scs,i @
Sr ne nad established its great utility and xaI,'
IL. when WI nus genius and patient perseverance, T.;
cfasfnj tsst pnI ana scous' were completely suc.
hents on the same suhject nnd was 80, cAPeri'
that he had the best right to tbe inya,;'
rsdoa a.t purchasing one OF complainant tor
Heuoes. Nc apOned on the LIST OF Noy,rnber 1se5
tor patent for substantially the same co;;' ;t;oo,'
% luis Vi oevoes and machine Contained in cnn,nin;
Pa.eh,' On the 18th OF the same montb the
responoenS formed themselves into a cnn,, 'ne NC
corporation called 1.-THE Reed Tornado G1anS OF
rt sor tae purpose OF pirltng the complannni,aN
snd tSn ana sulPrting the expense OF tiratian
severed even ss., nh OF the fruts They have per
properly grnted by the District jnJce very
- u oscree re entered for conpioin,n NJ f,- =, -
pe'aa. ,nlanctfon and Master appointed 10 ,pe
~'us w the prayer Of the bill
Z c. GkIER, JUDGE.
Ncrh-The passage referred TO by :Jusc, cr,o, T.,
nnnsna,n aecis'on, . Wallace, p. 900 adonted as
~ppn1ue 70 This case was as follows. Psu dc
crv is rada nr .ne case when any valuable tscov
inyydn,oa aae OF any new machine Of great uity s
invented, that the attention Of the npiIic 10. y
mrned to that subject PREVIOUSLY and ,b,t e ueon
per:ns nave been making reseirphc, and ernarii
,l some measure anticipated in their snpcnlotions
.ne Possibility or probability Of sueh d}sco, M
,mtenuoE =, many experiments have beo snccessril
desiIed result They have i,roduced no,j 81 the
ncai The invention when perfected NAV I,,,iy ho
sslu TO DO the Gu mnating point of MANY cr,.,i ~
mon y not only by tho inventor but by many ~.
csfn iie may nvs pro;ited indirectly by the lpauc
gives lhe'n no right to claim share of tho he nor os
uie prodt OF the successful inventor n "a ,ha w
specnlson has been reduced to prlctice. when or
perinent hl- resulted IN discovery and when that
ui4co'ety mas been perfected by patient ana rontin
lied experiments, when some new comnnnrd ort
hianuiacture, or macnine has been ,hus ,rodrcaS
which Is useful TO thepubliC that the norty
Oeeohs puD'ic benefactor and entitled TO Datent
"Aud yet when geDius and patient perscyc,n,"n
haVe at length succeeded, in sui o of snrers and
ScOns, some valuable Invention or disoo~ory In,r
Seldom Is II followed by reward Enyy roi,. him
o. lie honor, While spectators, swindleis and pi
rates rob him of tho profits. Every rnsnccsssif ifii,
exleii;nener who did did or did not come vcrv
near making discovery now claims it. Fvrrv ons
VINO can Invent nm Improvement or vary its i,rrn
ca.ns , & right 10 pirate the osiGinal discovery We
worth to prove that this is the usual history of ev
ry gr'at discovery OF Invention.
"lhe present case aGt,5 another clopter IN ,h;
long and uniform history - Wallace, c. y. Re
ports p 292. 1'e