The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-03-24
sUBRkTs' PETROLEUM TORPEDO !.
AuBEkTs PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
TORP EDOES.
THE ROB ERTa
FE1RDLEuN TORPEDO co.
office at the
RAD PLANNING MILL,
Corner OF zine ana second streets,
;Near the i:atirOad,)
TIrU6ViLLE, PA.

| III EU5ViLAE, PA.
Owing to the large and increasing deinaud for the
itObcrs' Tori ed Ie1, and the late accession OF the
| Commissioner Of PaIenI, In Refusing to Vim. Reed
Il patent aid the d,cis III Of Judge II. Y. 1uer Gus
aining the toboiis' patent ,ney have LOW ERE "
the price Of their TorpeLots
TWENTY PER CENT.
40 that every Operator can afford ~ try a Torpedo
before abandoning We'll.
| The following is the decision rendered by Judre
t'ricr ON the tweoy scconu (22) day OF September
lot' iii the United states Cucuit Court ut Philade.
, phia. The cast was argued three DAYS nv Charles
NJ Keller Of New York, \: Lucas and S. A. Pur.
vance of Pittsburgh for defendants, and George
Hardin. of Phiaacpna, and George II. ,hrisiy, vi
| t'itisburgh, for palnth.
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER
| As write with difficulty can only state the con
chisops 10 which my mind has come after car.lu.
examination Of this case.
| The com lain,ul has exhibited q patent dated
25th o April, 1915. This is prima face eyiiel,ce Ui
II go"i title, ana puts On the respondents the bur.
den OF pro that ne patent Is void or worthless
lhccd not tcit nj eiarhs in the case of t,,uhi
year v-. Da, l@ Walt Z. c. Rep; 21y) b.t now
adopt them niiuruing rule oi decision wi ich Al,
pics cieiNty to tie +. e,eni case.
AS the iniiilsein, III Oi the patent 10 adm, ted,
the oni, qie>tom will be as to The validity ui com
plaillah patent oi Ai',i -, le.S.
! at was after speculation h1d been reduced to
practice ard alter ie. Gated experiments, that the
compiaAi't >ncc,e'i " III uvurCuning he tT,juuj,c
and ignorance of the people un the subject, and
persuadirs the public t.al hi- in,cLtion ~,- u.eu
alter he had cstao-,iud lis great utit, and value,
and "when HE gciliu, alG latient pcrscy cgance In
spite of sncer, aud ,coi-,n were completely sJc.
ces-ful, that lteed, who had uc.oie made cxpcri-
ments on the same suiycct and wils uisuccess sfi,l
a.i;.cd tna fe had the bes, ,i..hl to tue
alter purchasing one % niorl CunplajnuI 4. tor
pedocs he applied On the LIST of November, 1867,
| for patent Tor substantially the same conlbiua
lions III devices and arhinc cun ned in complain.
ants paicLt On the lbth of the same month the
| fcspondtiiis forh1d Themselves Tito company Or
coripis'ion called The Reed Torpedo Company"
Tor tie purpose oi pirltlng the cumpainaul's in.
veito,i, anu suppJrtn. tue ezpcase Ui litigation
And thus deiiaud him Of the lriIit-. They have per
severed, even f;ter the preliminary injunction very
properly gr,nlci by the district Judge
Let decree he entered for complainant for per.
pciual 'njuncilon aud .aAstcr appointed 10 take
'n account according TO the prayer OF the bill.
Il. Z. GRlEK, Judge.
NorE.-The passage referred to bv Judge Grier in
his former dsc's'on, Wallace, y. 2s9. adopted W
app icdbie to this ease was us follows:
''lt Is u-uiiS The case when any valuable diecov.
cry Is Sade or any new machine of great ulflity il
invented that tiea teniion of he public has been
turned to that subject previously, and that many
ler-ons hive been making Researches and exp-ri
mcnts Philosophers ana me aniciars NAV havp
III some MEASURE anticipated in their spycuiations
.,c pOssibi ity or prO'nllty Of such discovery or
invention; many experiments have been successful.
~ tiled, coming very near yet falling short OF the
desired result They have produced nothing beue.
s.ii to be the eliminating point oil many exucri.
Elen $, not "n by the inventor, hut by many 9th.
Or- lie may hay. proilted indirectly BY the iln.uc.
cessful experiments and failures of Others. but IL
give. them no right to cam share OF the bcnOr OF
tie pgUii OF the successful inventor II Ia when
speculation has been reduced to practice, when ex.
pertinent ma resulted In discovery and when TINT
di-co'cry ims been perfected by patient ana con,in
ur,i experiments, when some new compound. art
manu- lc,ule. or machine has been thu. PRODUCED |
whcn Its useful To public that the party making
be"omes apul,c benslactor and entitled to pa, ont
"And yet wien genius and pat,nl perseverance
have nj length succeeded, In spite of snesrs and
s,oifs, some valuable invention or disco"ery how
seldom Is IL followed by reward Envy robs him
Of the honor, whine speculltors swindle O. and ui.
rates rob him OF the profits. Every unsuccessful
exlerimcnier who did or did or did not come very
near making discovery now claims 1t. Every Ons
who can INVENT al Improvement or vary its form. |
claims right To pirate the original discovery We
., ,ai not summons Morse, or Blanchard, or Wool
3 great discovery or invention.
"lhe presen, case Iuds another chapter to this ,
ong and uniform history. - Wallace, Z. U Ks-
,Orls p 292