The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-23
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Owi1s.o .ao la7se and iacfsssing demand for the
HSs & psts az n S s fsfs'Sp @ % 0' Rsaf saf
patoie, :r5 the decision OF Judge P. Giter sus.
taining L. 10. s-ts, patent they have LOW Erred
the pric- Of their Torredoe, AUt .ll
TWENTY PER CENT.
20 thai s.ery.o lesator can afTordIo ty a.Torpedo
before han io2irg : Well. - =,
rbt -,l,ovirg is the ercision rendered by Judge
Grier sc .ha twenty second ts2l day of Sentember
1879, the United States Circuit Court at Philadet
phn M 4;o was arsqed three anys ss y SAprS, fp,
yiance ;s PITTSBURGH, for defendants, and George
Harding o. l4,ilade.pi,a, and George Il. Ghiisy, o
Pittsburgh, icy pia2tI.
orrtloM ,oF JUDGE GREER. h.rr
AsIwr,,, S'ijh difficulty can only state the con
clusions 20 which my mind he's come after careful
examination Of this case !
Tn, co7l l'ninaat has exhibited y patent dated
18th o. Pm iy5 Ths..is trTma mcif evf!sncs OF
good .itNc, ,ndputs on the .respopdents TIC bur
den OF proof shat The patent is void or worthless
Ineed nos rereat my remarks in the case Of Good
year "a. Day t2 Wall, C. c. Rer; 2s9,l bat now
adopt ttaealas a.fordinS arlle Of decision which ar-
peSc,early ;Othe present clee. -
Acknowledgement Of the patent is admit ted,
the only question will be as to the validity of COM
plainsnts patent of April aj. 1855.
ut wa1 after speculation had been reduced to
pyact ,a" and after repea,ctl experiments, that the
com-ainant succeeded in ovecen,ing he prejudice
and i-aor:rcc of the people on the subject, and
So 5 Ind s eEssSe ss and ava" 8l .us
and "vlen his genius and patient perseverance, in
spite OF snccrs and scofs,n were eoallpIsto.S slic-
ccsslui, that Reed, who end bsfore fsase expert
mcu.s On the same subiect, and was unsuccessful.
imqgred ths he ,, tic beSs ii3Et to tue invention,
and alter purchasing one Of more conpia,nani'st tor
pedoes he applied on The lst OF November, 1857,
for patent for substantially the same comGina
tions Of devicosard achine Contained in complain
ants patent On tho 18th OF the same month the
respondents iosn sdthsmseives inta aTcgnpny or
CORPORATION caied yfbe Reed Torpedo Company"
for t.spnrDose nfsfirsting the cUrlplainant's in
ventiou ard supporting the expense OF litigation.
md thus defYaud him OF the frrits. They have pet
severed even a;eE the prs;miinar&J & lnuncuon very
Iet a decree be entered for complainant for per
retual niunctioE~nda Master appotneiyt 90 take
An account according to the 'aysT II III sa
NorE.-The pas sage refersed bo bv,1udge Gref,in
his former decision, Wallace. p 2s) adopted as
applicable TO this ease was as follows:
syit ia usually the case when si yilua discov--
cry is made or any reT r1acir'ne Of great uiity is
invented, that attention OF the public has been
turncd 70 t,,at subject previously, ard that many
persons have iean making researches and expert
meuts Philosophers and m mechapicians may have
i'll some measure anticipated in their 'sp culations
the possibility or probae!ity OF sneh discovery or
inyentior; many experiments have been successful
ly tied, coming very near. yet falling snort ot the
desired result. They nave produced noihln9 hene-
fetal. The invention whsn perfected may fuly be
men T. not only by the inventor, but by many 9TH
ors lie may hav, rrofited indirectly by the insuc-
ce4sfrl experiments and failures OF o'her;. brt Il
gives them no rigN to Cha nj share OF the hcnQr Of
Iir>.p.oit ofsthe succcssful inventor. 1t is when
speculation has been reduced TO practice, when ex
pertinent hsaresut6d in discovery and when fhat'1
discovesy has been perfected by patient ana contn
lied experiments when some new compound, art
manufac.u,e. or machine has been ihi> proGuced
which is ,0eGl to tepihlic THAI the party niasiag it
becomes npublic beneetaetorand entitled to aIasnt
nd .yvt.i pppi a
have at length succseded, in spite Of sneers end
seoGs, some valuable inverition or discorery, how
seldom is il followed by reward! Envy ioos him
of the honor wti.e speculaors, swinde,s $, and pi-
rates rob him IL The profits Every unsuccessful
eyperilnenier who did or DID or did not come very
near making discovery now claims it. livery one
who can inv, nj an improvement or vary its iO-I1,
claims IighI 70 Iiiaishe Original.diseovsry. We
need ncs suuano,ls N orse Or blanchard, of Wood
worth to prove that this is the usual history OF eve
~ great discovery or invention.
"1he present, Case acds another chapter TO this
lang aud uniiorm bis.ory."-2 Wallace, Z. Z. ie-
p0.Ls p. s92.