The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-01-24
suRKRTs' PETROLEUM TORPEDO.


suREkTs' PETROLEUM ToRpEnO.
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.NRP EDOE,S.
Tim IeAI8EKTS
PETROLEUM TGgpEnD CO.
office NJ the
Rad PLAKIXG MILL,
CORNER of pine and second streetS
Near the siAtirOatJ
TITUSVlLLE, PA. {:
Owing 70 the large and increasing demand for the
RObers' TorpsdJss, and the isie decision Of the
Commissioner of Pa,ents ia refusing to Ani. deed
patent and the dr.isi N of Judge L. U urier rus
taiuing the Roberts patent they Lave LOWahED
the price Of their TofpedO,e
.rwENrY..pER CENT.
~ that every Operator can AFFORD ~ try q rorpeco
before abandoning Well.
The following ia the decision rendered by judge
Grier on the twenty second t22) day of her,
phia. The case was argued three days by Charles
n. Keller Of New York, b =. Lucas and S A. Pur
yiancs Of Pittsburgh for defendants, and George
II. latv ". .lf
fittsburgh, for plaintiH.
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER
A. write with difficulty CAL only state the con
clusions to which my mind has come after csro,u.
examination Of this case
The conn claimant has exhibited !. patent dated
18th Of April, 1855. This Is prima acie evidence vi
den Of proof that the patent IA void or worthless
necd not repeat my remarks In the case Of Coed
yssr "a Day u Wall, C. G. Reps yse.) but now
adopt theiu as afording rule OF decision Witch a,s
pics clearly to the present case.
Az the infringement Of the patent 10 admi,t ted,
the only question will DO 40 To the validity of com
plainanis patent Of April ", 1858.
at was after speculation had been redncrd IN
practice" AID Alter repeated experiments that ths
complainant succeeded in overcoming he prejudirs
and ignorance of the people On The subject, and
pcrsuadiug the public thai his invention WAS use 1
after he had established Its great u.t, and yslu.
and "when his genus and patient perseverance In
spite Of sncer; and seoif.," were completely sac.
cessfu that Feed, who had before made expari.
ments OF the same subject, and was uuruccs,sf,
imagined that no had The hest right so the invention
ard after purchasing one OF more con pla nant : ,Or
peaoes ne applied on ,hs Let Of November, 1877
tions Of devices and achine Contained In
ants patent. On the 10th Of the same month the
respondents . formed themselves into company or
for the purpose Of pirating the complainaIi,s In.
vention, and supporting tine expense tH litigation
and thus defraud hin, Of the fruits They have De:
properly granteu by the district Judge
Let cscree be entered for complainant for q per.
petuai Injunction. aud Master appointed 10 lake
m account according to the prsUyei Of g. bill.
NorI.-The passage referred 10 bv Judge Crier in
his former DECISION, y Wallace, p. 800 adopted ss
app ic..lhe to this case WIS as follows:
III Is usually the case, when any valuable iscoy.
cry IL nade or any new mashihs Of great mi Inv il
invented, TINT tne attention Of The public ha. ham
turned to that subject previously, and that may
petsons hsve nesn mailing researches and exp,ri
IN some measure anticipated in their speculation,
the possibility or proDabilify Of such discovery o.
invention; many experiments have beeL successful
desired result. They have prodIiced nothing hem W.
1cial. The Invention whe' perfected NAV truly b.
said to be the eliminating point OF maiiv experi
mon =, not only BY the inventor. bur by many 9th
ors tic may have protited Indirectly bv the nnsuc
ce-sful experiments and failures Of Others, bnt
gives them no right to clam u share OF the nc nor d
the profit OF the successful inventor 1t il wbe
speculaton has been reduced to practice, when ex
pertinent has resulted In discovery and when tia
discovery has been perfected by patient ana contT
ued experiments when some new coln,pnnd. art
manufacture or machine has been Thu. produce
which IL useful to the public that the party making
sand yet when genius and patient perse, erar,c
have at length succeeded, In spite of sneers an
scons, some valuable invention or disco"ery, ho,
osiaom sSs hnn Is toSSed 5y reward Envy robs hir
rates rob him OF tine profits. Every unsuccessir
sxlerimenter whs did or did or did not come yer
} near making discovery now claims it. Every ou
claims right to pirate the o'!einal discovery W
need not summons Morse, or Blas -hard or Woo,
worth to prove that this Is the usual nstory of cy
ry great discOvery or invention.
long and uniform history ."-2 Wallace, G. q. X
pOyts p. 292.