The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-11-28

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,EORPEDOES.
. 'i'" TiiE KOB'ERTs
PETnoIluM r8sRPgBu 60.
=. .}. Office. at the
RBB planning MILL.
Corner OF Pine and second Streets,
Near tho Ratlroad,)
eoe TITUsv1LLR, PA. :
Owing 70 the large and increasing demand for the
Roor.s TOrpeaoes, and the late decision Of the
Commissioner Of Patents IN refnsing TO Vim. Resd
patent. aod the decisi n Of Judge II. e. Grief sus
e.iutng ths Robere' patent they have LOwERED
the priss of their TorpedoS
TWEEN r.: PER CENT.
- that every Operator can afIOrd " try . Torpedo
bsgOss abandoning Well.
The following is the decision rendered by Judse
lst9, u the United States Circuit Court At Phiiadel
Phh: The case was argued three days BY Charlee
r,:nas - hsliS g g Gsw YORK Lucs. and i; A. Pur-
Harding Of Philadelphia, and George L. Chrisiy, Of
Pittsburgh, for plaintiff.
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER.
~ write with difficulty can only state the c,n
elasious to which my mind has come after 4 careiu
. Examination Of this case.
The complainant has exhibited . patent dated
18th q April, 1865 This Is prms facie evidence oi
good title, aud puts on the respondents the bur.
an Of proof that the patent is void or worthless.
year :. Day VEL T. KsE 'as as sS'f Sa, III a0SS oSM
adopt them q a6brdinR rule Oi decision which an
p'iS clearly to the present case.
A. the infringement OF the patent fs adn1i, ted
the only Question will he tha val
plainants patent Of April q, 1885,
ut was after speculation had been reduced to
complainant sucoeeded in overcoming he nre,udrs
and ignorance of the people on the subject. and
psnuadfas the public that his invention was usetiil
sst d nc nae ssaosned ts great utility and value,
spite Of sncers and soofs," were complstelv snc. ~
eessfal, that Reed, who had before nsade expert.
Imagined that he had the best right TO the nvcn,ion
And after purchasing one more complainants tor
Pedoes. he applied ON the lat OF November, 1851.
Hf ps1aanr a Ior substantially the same combins.
anrs patent. On the 10th of the came month the
respondents krmed themselves into a company or
ssoipOsamon so ~ cauea Mrhe Reed Torpedo Company
ior inc purpose OF pirating the complaipaut's in.
yention, and supporting the expense Of LITIGATION,
and thus defsaud him Of the fruits. They have per
properly granted by the District judge very
Let decree he entered for Complainant s,r nor.
petual Injunction. aud Master appointed to taEe
~ s"So~us "SeosuAuS " Tue prayer OF the bill.
H. Z. GlIER, Judge.
,,NorH.-The passage referred to bv Judge Grier IN
kis FORMER decision, Wallace D. 300 sIonted ~
Applicable to this case was as follows:
at 10 usually the case, when any valuable d;scov
~ h made, Or sny new machine Of great utility i
Invented, that the attention Of the public has Ia,
turned to that subject previously, aud thai msn1
persons have been making researches and exnsr}
menus. philosophers and mechanicians may hsv,
~ some measure anticipated in their speculation,
the possibility or probability Of sueh discovery o
uied, coming very near. yet falling short of The
desired result They have produced nothing hen .
nciai. The invention when perfected NAV Irujv he
esid 70 De the eliminating point OF many experi
men q, not only by the inventor, but by many 9th
on. de may nav. protIted indirectly by the ilnsuc
gives them no right to citm share of the honor o
inc proit OF the successful inventor Il ia when
specuiatlon has been reduced TO practice vhen az
pertinent has resulted 10 discovery and when tia,
discovery has been perfected ny patient ana contn
ueu SHeps.lu,snts, wnen some new compound, art
manuiacture, or machine has been thu. produced
which Is usefuto the public that the party malino
becomes apublic benefactOr and entitled tn a Datent
"And yet when genius and patient perseverancs
nave at length succseded. in spite of sneers and
sSons, some valuable invention or discovery, how
seldom is II followed by reward Envy robs hin
Of the honor, While speculators swindles and MI nj
rates rob him OF the profits. Every unsuccessfn
sxpsrimenter who did or did or did not come VIZ,
near msK1ng discovery now claims 1t, Every on,
Ino can invent an Improvement or vary its form
siains right TO pirate the original discovery. W,
need not summons Morse, or Blanchard or Wood
worth to prove that this Is the usual history Of sy
~ great discovery or invention.
"Ihe present case nodb another chapter "a mi;
ports p 2o2. ~ A''