The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-06-27
ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO.


TIgH ROBEET,s
PETROLEUM TORPEDO co.
Office Il. She
RED PLANING MILL.
Corner OF Pine and second Streets.
.tNear the Isaiiroad0
ITUsVILLE, Pi.
Owing TO the lar-. and increasing demand for the
Roberts Torpedoes and the late decision of the
Commissioner OF Patents in reiusingt TO VIM Reed
a ma enr and the decision oc Judge z. { Glier sus-
taiuinc The Roberts pltent they have LOW EhiED
the price Of their Torpedoys
TWENTY PER CENT.
so that every Operator can afford 10 try Torpedo
before Abandoning We'll.
The following i the decision rendered by judge
Grier on the twenty-econ1 l22l day of Seliember,
ls9 in the United states Circuit Court At Pin lade
phis The case was arcucd three days by Charlie.
" Keller Of .ew York, V. Y Lucas and :. \. Pur-.
riauce of Pittsburgh. for defendants and George
Harding of Philadelphia, and George Il, ChIi>,y,
Pittsburgh, for panuf. % 'J'O
oIlNlOs w
AsIwrite with difficulty car only state the con
cu-ions to which my mind has come af.er care.u
examination OF this case.
Ia, conl9lainrut has exhibited patent datrd
25th Of April 1855 This ia prima tacic evidence of
4 good title and puts on the respondents the bur
dgn Of moot thai the patent is void or worthless.
I ncel not repeat nv remarks in the cGseof Good
year ". Das q VAL, C. @. Req; 1:9) hut now
adopt them a.iordnE rule OF decision which ap-
pies clearly TO the present case
As the infringement of the patent is admit ted,
the only question will be as 70 the validity OF COM
plainans patent Of April >, ISIS.
! At was aii'r speculation had been reduced to
practice ard after repeated experiments, that the
con 1lansut succeeded in overcoming he prejudice
| and ignorance of the people the sGhjcci, AMI
npr.lialirg the public hat his inveEtOn wss useu
after he had established its great utility and yaue,
ard ''when his genius end patient perseverance, in
| sDite of sncegs and SCOTS, were completely suc-
| ce- -ful that Reed who had before made export
! mems on the same subie-t, and was unsuccessful
imagined that he had the best i-ht to the invention
ard after purchasing one or more complainant tor
pedoes. he applied on the 1t of November, 1sG'
| Tor q patent for substantially the sane cOmhirr
tiors Of devices ard hine contained in complain
| ants patent. On the 18th OF the same month the
| re.pfrltenrs formed themselves into Il company or
| corporation called The Reed Torpedo Company
for the purpose Of pirating the cDmp'airauJ's in
| yertion and supporting the expense OF litigation.
ard thus defrand him OF the fruits They have pei.
severed even qfttr the pre- iminarv Injunction Very
| properly granted by the District Jucse.
| Let cree he entered for compainlut FOR per-
petual Injunction. and Master appointed 20 lake
an account according TO the prayer Of the bill.
Il. c. GuEasJudge.
NorE-The passage referred to bv Judge Grier in
hia former d, cis'cn, Wallace, p. 800 adopted as
applicable to this case wa. as follows:
III l. r-uaily the case. when any valua; e discov
ery il ylaCe or any machine OF great nj ity l.
invented That thea'tention of the public has been
| turned to that subject previously, aud that many
persons have been making reseafche. and expert
| mea,s FhiosophUrs and mechanicians may have
IN some m, n-lre anticipated in thoir speculation,
the Do--lIi itv or probability of such discovery OF
invention; many experiments have been successful
IL tried coming very uenr. yet falling short If the
desired result. They hlvs produced nothing bene
fetal The invention whei perfected may truly b,
, sid TO be the eliminating point OF many expert
men = not uu'y by the inventor. bur by many 9th
ors lie may have pTCied lnii cc'ly hy il!d iinsuc
ce-srul experiments and failures of otler.. bEt i
Give. them no right toe IN share Of the hcuOr o
speculation has been reduced to practice, when G.;
| Ieruient lia. resulted in di .cogeTy and when TIA
discovery has been perfected iy patient eontin
| ned cxperimeats. when some IeW compound, nIt
| manufactures or machine has been thus prOdncp
which is useilto the pub.c that The party making
becomes public bon factor and entitled 90 patent
| ..aud vet when genius aud patient perseyeianc
! have nj length succeeded. in sgie Of sneers an
| srGtys some valuable invention or cisco~ely, no,
slldom il Il followed BY reward Envy robs hir
Of the lonor, whte specua,ors, swirdles ;. ard p
| rates rob lin OF the profits. Every uii,uCce-sir
exrernenrer who did or did or did not come Ytr
near msing discovery now claims Il. t.ycyy on
who can irvent an improvemeut8r varv its form
claims right 10 Iiiaie the original discovery. W
need not summons Morse or blanchard. % Wooc
worth to prove that this il the usual history of
ry great discovery or invention. r1s
. .Ths preseut cass aGds another chapter 10 th
\ long aad uniform history Wallace, c. {. h
ports p. S3S