The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-06-16
ROBERTS. PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
TORPEDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TnRpE10 co.
Office at 'Ilo
RED PLANING Gs!L l..
Corner OF Pine and second streets,
Near the Is1iiroadJ
ITUSVILLE, Pa.

Owing to the large and increasing demand for the
Roberts Torpcdpe' and the 'se aec's'vn Oh ,he
C.,,umissi uner Of Patents in refusing 10 WIN. Necu
n u,ent aud the d ..isi Ill of Judge Il. { Glter sus
taiuinr The Rob ,rts' pstcnt they have LOWERED
che price OF their Torpedo''
TWENTY PER CENT.
go that every Operator can afford TO try Torpedo
before abandoning Nei'
.rhe following l. the decision rendered by Judge
Grer on the txenty-Socondt tsll day of senlemner,
ISn in the United States Circuit Court at Phitel-
mia. The case was argued three days by Charles
N. Keller of New York, b. y. Lucas and ;: y: Pur..
HARDING Of pbilaGel,lha and George IL. Chrisiy,
Pittsbureh for plaintiff
opINION.OF JUDGE GRIER
As write with dialcilty caa ouly state the con
c,usons to which my mind has come SIter a carelu
examination u this case
The com .lnnlnt has cHnni.eh,a parent da'ed
A rood title and puts the respc ndents the bur
den OF pro shat the patent Is W I'd or worthless.
ueci not repeat my remarks plthc case of Good
veur vs. Day q wall, {. {. Rep: 2.9) bat now
adopt them ss aoriin- rule ~ decision WHICH ap-
plies clea' 'lv 10 the L c>elit cs>e-
As the Infringement of the patent is almi, ted,
the oniy question VIII bo as q the validity OF com
plaiaan,s patent OF April p, ISIS.
.'It was after speculat'.n had been reduced tn
practice and alter le'p' ited experiments, that the
comp.snant succeed In overcoming he prejudice
and ignorance of tt people IN the subject, and
p,rsuading the pu ,lic that lis invention
after he had cstI shed its great u!tlits and value,
and "wheu HIS. genius and patient perseverance, III
spite of sncers aud SCOTS, were completely sue
ces sfu that Reed, who had before made expert
mcuts On tT, same suh get, and wAs unsuccessful,
i'm isined ,at he had the hest i-ht totheinyenlion,
ard after urchasing one % more complainant lpr
pedocs ' q applied On the iSt of Move mber. 1897.
for 4 ps tent for substantially the same comhina
tiuns I'll devices and Il hinn c1ntainedin Complain
au,'s patent. On the 18th Of the same monih the
resi- ,nden's formed tliemseN., mo company CT
li.d no Y.
70 The purpose OF pirating the cUmpainants in-
1ntion, and supporting the expense of litigation
and thus deflaud hnf Of the irliti They have PEI
severed, even alter the preliminary injunction Very
properly granted by the District Judge.
Let d cree he entered forcompan INT for Il per
petual Injunction. and Mastcr appointed 10 take
an account according to the prayer Of tne biL
| NorE.-The passage referred to by Judge Gricr in
| his f,rmer ','on, wallace. y. -j adopted hs
| app icabte to this case was nStulows:
"I is usually the case. when any valuable 'llscov
ery is wade or any new machine etrta nj ity l.
invented tlat Lnc attention If the public has hetl
turned to thlt sItlcet prev ously. ana thar many
| u-rsons bny., ben making researches and expert
| ments lllOsupntrs and m1 clIiniciaIs may have
| N some measure anticipated in tbeir 50 euaton'
! the possibility or probability Of such discovery o
| invention; many experiments Lave hte' successful
ly tried coming very yet falling short o th'
desired result They have produced nothing bane
fetal The invention whe'. perfected NAV trniy b,
said 10 be inc p'lHt va li'"hH NNp'Ii
men > not only by the iuveutor, hut by many 9TH
or. lie may hay. prolitcd indirectly by The un,tle
ce-sfu experiments and failures Of oiher., but /
gives them no right to ca m share OF the hcnor
| Ire urolit of the successful inventor II il whci
speculation las been reduced to practcc when cx
pertinent IA. resulted in discovery and when tia
discovery hi. been perfected ny patient ANA cnnfin
ued cxperlm .nts, when some new compound. art
manut;,ctue e. or machine has been Thu prld'ce
which is useful to the pblic, that the patty making
becomes public b N factor and elititledt" iaent
"Aud vet when genius and pai' mt u rscyeranc
have nj length succeeded, in sli of -n' er~ nu
SCOTS. some valuable invention or disco cry, ho'
seldom l. IL tolowed by reward Envy rob1 hin
Of the hnnos hilc speculaoGs, swinde.s, and pi
| rates rob him OF the pyuiits Every un-ucce,sln
| ex,erimcnler who did or d or did not come "r
near making IA discovery now claims II. Every on
whn can iUV,nt All Improvement OF vary Its form
I claims right to pirate The ori.inal discovery. "
need not summons Morsc, or blanchard or WOOD
worth to prove that this j. he usual history OF cy,
rv crra, discovery Invention.
'"rhe present case aCds another chapter 70 mi
long ana uniform history.'-2 Wallace, C. Z. az
ports 29!.