The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-24
sasHies sEwRSGEga TORPEDO.
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TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETRuCEUn TORPEDO co.
Office ~ the
RE FLAMING MILL
lCorner Of Fine and second Streets
Near the RatlrOadO
--.. .TITUsvILLE, PA.

Owing to the ,argc and increasing demand'for the
Roberts Torpeioe,. and the late decision OF the
Commissioner of Patents in refusing to VIM. keed
patent. and the decision OF judge a. Sl1er slis.
raining tho Roberts patent they have LOWERED
the price Of their TorpedOcs
TWENTY PER CENT.
no that every Ope -tr can aAord.I;o try a. Torpedo
before abandoning Well
,.he following IL the decision rendered by Judge
iss in nj tie United States Circuit Court at Phiadel.
phia TIE case was srgued three days by Charles
NJ Keller u New YORK, B. y; Lncas and ;; 4; rnr
Hariins Of Piiadephia, and George II. Chris,y,
opTNIoNvoF JUDGE eR1ER.
AsI write with difficulty can only state the con
clnsions tn which ny mind has come after q oareiu,
examination of this case.
olh Of Apri, 1855 This ia prima facie evidence of
n good title, and puts on the respondents the bur
dln Of proof that the patent Is void or worthless
year W Day 2wall, G. c. Eer; s9,l but now
sdort tel as aFordin9 rule OF decisiofiwbich ap-
piies clearly 10 the present cise
the onS ,V ,estior viii be as to the validity Of COM
planauts pat tent Of April Is, ls5S
at wa, affer specuistion had been reduced to
prac, ic,," ad sst"r reeated experiments tnat the
cOr,plainalt succeeaCi in overcoming ne preJuolce
and ignorance of the people on the SUBJECT, and
per.rnding the public that his invention was useti'
ter he had established its great utility and Value
and ..when his genius and patient perseverance, In
spj,e of su ers ani scoffs,' were completely sue
ces:fnl, that Feed who had before made expert
mcnts on the same suhjcct, and was unsuccessful,
imioineu that he he'd the best ri ht tothe invention,
and after purchasing more CoinplaiIc'it Tor
ns0ocs he applied on the list OF November, 1857,
for 4 p,t.nt for substantially the same comDina'
lions Of devices ard achnc contained IN complain.
ANTS patent On the 18th OF the same month the
resnondcrts form I'd themselves f'tO a company or
CORPORATION called 1.-THE Reed Torpedo Company"
for e pu pose Of prais the sonpalinrs pnf ,n
and Aus defnud him OF the ruits Ihey nave pei.
severed, even y.er the preliminary Injunction very
granted by the Rssrc, H. 1aSS for ner
petual Injunction. and Master Hppointe! to take
an account according TO the prayer 15 me Oi,i.
Norr.-The ms .ass referred to by Judge Grier in
his former decision, Wallace, p. go. adopted as
app icaLie to this case waA rs 1oiioWs:
itnft Il usually the cssc, when any valuable discov-
cry Is made or any machine OF gr.Gt utility is
invented that tie atteit Of t,le public mas been
turned to that subject previously, ana tnat laany
persons hsve been making researches anu experi'
inents. PHILOSOPHERS u,,l Mecharicia,a may have
in SOME measure artici ated u, their sD EQUATIONS
the possibility or probability of such discovery or
ly tlied cori very esr. yet falling short OF tile
desired result They have produced n'thiil.' 1ene-
acial Thc Invention Wien perfected may truly ne
said to s the :u%,niy vI,or nI bt %i bv % ,"ary eth
ors. Hs may have prnted indirectly by the unsuc.
ceasiul er rperments AID failures OF oiher;, but It
gives them no ,t to ca n share OF the nc nor OF
the Drotit of the succrs sful Inventor 1t is WHEN
speculation hSs been iucci IA practice, when ex
pertinent a- rescte, l., ''i.coverr. and when that
discovery las bsl ,e.fectel by patie't nno coitll
ued experiments, when s0iie new c,inpoui,!. art.
manriaoirrc, or niacli,e has been thus lrnGuced
which Ii usefulto Il. yc, TINT the atty n:king il
becomes aruhc ben, factor a:"l e,ttltdt" pctent
.Aud yot wien genius aid paticm ''s.s2vorcrce |
have at length SUCCEEDED. D., spite OF srters and
scOffs some vauable tvaItitn or cisc'rery, how |
seldom Is il followed ly reward E'yy rei's him
Of the honor, wllie sp culators, swindles, and p;
rates rUl, him u the laoats. Every unsuccessful
near making discovery now tlaii 3 1t. Every one
who can invent an Improvements or vary Its iorm
claims right to pirate the ur-i'Hl discovery. we
need not summons Mnr5;, or Blnpchcid OF Wood |
worth to prove thai this Is usual history Of eve
~ great discovery or i,.veiti n.
"rhp pres ert case a.nls aruther chapter to this
lcrg, Id Uniform history - Wallaca, c. Z. he
ports =. 232.