The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-11-07
ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORPEDO.

~ ASA AbSA 1OhI EDO,
TORPEDOES,
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO Co.
Office at the
RED PLANNING MILL.
Corner OF Pine and Second Streets.
wear the Ratiroad,)
T1Tusv1LLE, PA. f:
Owing 70 the large and increasing demand f,r ,h,
11cowert. Iurp"ioe', and the late decision of tbs
a mml.sonsr Of Patents in refusing to VIM Reed
pa.ent aad the decision OF Judge II. &, Grier an
49,, ss',ns .hs hoberts' patcnt they have LOWERED
''e price Of their Torpedoes
TWENTY PER CENT.
sst,r !n ev"ry Operator can afford ~ try Torpedo
x,,s 40 ,,,cwi,s is the decision rendered by ndrc
av IN the United States Circuit Conrt NJ Ph;iaS.
pnn the casc was argued three days hv thS.,a
%nee er Of P;,;se 81 Sew iork Lucas and s. A. Pus
ain. Of Philadelphia, and George NJ I Ghrs, Hsorss S
11t'sburyh, for plaintiff ~ -"'is'y' oi
OPINION or JUDGE GR1ER
As write with difficulty can on,v s,,,, a..
sxmst q, wh,cn my mind has come after caren
2Sth Of April 1885. This is prima fc;i. dated
gooi title and puts the respondents ,hs n Oh
nee, ne Sr0 Uot rs .ss tue patent is void worthless
war Y: Day wall g. ksp; 'as & case ha, of Good
d"ps them as .ordns rule Of decision & ph;ch pbi now
pi.s clearly to the present case. oA n'oh ap-
=. ~ me infringement of the patcnt =. .a,.,
the only question will be as to the vald;, admit tsd
Pa'insms AZ, NJ. patent Of April 25 1858 VI ''"-
pc;iccs and alps sspsemiatlon had been reduced to
rs".nu, nn, uuu a'ter repeated experiments thar ths
soI'painant succeeded in overcoming he nre,dire
"na rS%rIGe zee Of tle people the subject and
aiter he lIt established its great n;;, was use u;
aaa when hls genius and patient pe,severnrs ,"s
ccs .sa e ,Ss, snseri ana 'co completely .uc
Hen. on nth the sSme sec ,h. wao had before made expert
lm,enel that he had the best right to the invon,;n
s."s purchasing one or more complainant tnr
r pstcnt for substantially the ssm. cn,,;s' tSu''
% ss OF devices and achnc containe, Ell in cnn,m,a;
TssdSsnfs sS. % Un the 10th Of the same month the
corporation called 1.-The Reed TorDedo 1;nn~y y,
vs .,se purpose Of pirating the compainani,s T..
and thus dsfsuSp sps1S bi =, ths expense Of ltigaton
se, even SITTER the preliminary ininnc,;"n Sr ps
tropes'y granted bv the District Judge 'sf!
,sina nnnc,;U nc entered @ Tor complainant for per
NJ account according to the prayer Of the Ll "Ac
K. C. GKIER, Judge.
r.-thc passage referred to bv .Iud,e Gri.r in
aSn.ih,a =, ~. Wallace p 299 adopted as
IL usually the case, when any va,roh,o ,;
! - alaoo, or amy new machtue Of gr.ot mi ,tv
nseA!e0. tiiat the attention Of the public ha. go
tu',"N t9 that snDtect previously. and thar 80.
rarrons nMve been making researches and ermaly
,oAs' - Ih'ios'phers and nechapicians NAV fax.
s1.e iu,aslre anticipated in their sppc,ations
a9 p;ss,oiity or probability Of such discovery or
,a,lion; 1, ,ci; many experiments have been successc
!le!' coming very near. yet falling shnr, ~ ~
Sesifed result They have produced no him., =. % .ne
aa Ihs invention when perfected NAV f,r1, he
n,m n :" nc tne eliminating point OF nialiy eyner;
.'.' Nv. "ny ny the inventor. hut by many ,th
uss 'e may have proited indirecty hv ti,n ;,rs
ss.s.iI experiments and failures of Other hn T.
Etvss .leii no right to claim share of tho bc n s
'Ne prom Ol the successful inventor 7, ~ % - va
spesMiAt!on Inns been reduced to prarti,e y,.m o
!cnhcnt na- resulted in cis :oyeryt and rhn .H
ii ms neen perfected by patient ana contn
usu experiments, whom some new comnn,nd at i!
or machine ha. besn ,hn, aft
Wc. J.. use to thcpnbc, that tile party inakin~ii
oesoMes apubl;c beneflctor and entitled IN ratH.
Anu YET when genius and patti, nj ners snvaronn,I |
'a.s a. length succeeded, in spite of sn,ers ma
d some e valuable invention or disco"ery. how
~ I 1h tn, ~ II ioinwed by reward Envy robs him
ates ron him Of the profits Every unsnccs. cna h,
A,erHnmlcr VINO did Or did or did not come varv
w, -s1 m'h1hR discovery now caims H. lver, or.. !
Z ,. ~ cau invent an Improvement or vary its }rm
,nMs , ~ rlsht To pirate the original discovery We
or., ~. W.. ", smahons Morse, Or Blanchard or Wood
y gr'at discovery or invention Va ''o
- ne present case adds another chantcr ., ,h; |
porte p 292. '' " - he'