The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-04-15
.AuDEhTr rEpRULEUM TORPECO
EORP lLlDOES.
'rsgG ROBERTS
ggyRahEuM! TiApEDD co.
bsfiGr AT the
RAD ssIlNING MILL.
Corner of pine and second streets,
Near the kutiroaA,)
TITUSVILLE, Pa.
OPINION Or JUDGE GRIER

As Iw'iIc with iiacgity can only tate tic con
ciu -on. 10 which my m,nd has Come atlcr Il care.u
examination Oi tAs case.
s5;n u. Apri., st5 Iuis j. pr ma ta,iv evidence
Il ,oud til ic, .hj puts Ca tav respondents the bur
leu Of pro't tHat Lhe patent Is void 0f worthless.
uved mot Icp a int lenIahs the ca-t OF Good
,.fry- pH 4. Wal &. &. keE - bat noN
,dopt them n ,iUrdns rue o cec'siun which ai.-
. ic- Clua,ly Ia tic y c-sht case.
"A the infringement Ii ihr patent is admttcJ
thu, orl question will hc As tp the validity oil com
plauaus patent oi Apri 2I 1905.
''lt was after speculation mad been reduced to
practice and after repeated experiments, that the
co lp.ainai rllcCv'dOG in overcoming ID" prejudice
and ignorance Oi the people Cn lie SUBJECT, and
pers,laliug the puOiic tuli / II ihNeniou was useI;
after he had established IL great unit, and vtiUe
aud .'wuen ss CON u anu patient perseverance, III
spite sn-c.- .il stoi-, were completely SIC.
cc- ,iil. tuHt heed, VINO lad beI"fe mace expert
nicu,- on the sine slhlct ;.nd was unsuccessful,
imluiIc talt c had the rest iht t. tue i;iN chiur
4 d after purchasing ole oi I.orc Coz p".iGut Tor
peiOt.- he Applied un the i-t al November, lshI
Tor q pItrn1 ior ubs,imtitil. the SANE combiha
,iun- Ui devices and IL lilne ciht,'reti III Complain
ANS Iaient. On tile l0th ~ me sGnc inuith tue
respond, uts formed themselves iutoa company Or
coipora;ion called "ihc Reed torpedo tuihlany,'
for the purpose of iiritlns the cuihp,ainanF, in-
,tiOI All. sppUrt the expense ui litigation.
Al d thus deiraul hiri VI the irults They have pc;
severed even the preliminary Injunction very
property granite. by the District Judge.
Lei d, cree be entered for complainant for per
petIal Injunction. and Aaster AZ pointed 10 take
M acc1ul, according to the prayer OF TIE bill
L. I. GRlLN, Judge.
Norr The pes sage referred to bv Judge Grer in
MS former dec /, on ) ailuce, p. 23J adopted as
qpp iclria to this cnse was as i"iI"ws'
an l. usually the case, when any Nalrabie djscOv
ey l. made ur any new machine uI .rta u lily Is
iry, uteu ti.at tncatention of The public has been
lirn,L to that subject previously. ana ilal ma
per-o.s have he.n making researches and expert
ments Philosophers ana mechaEic'ars may nave
90
.,e possibility or proDaIi.iy OF |!e!i ul@ccNey or
inventions: many experiments Llye b. o. successful
Is tieG coming very near. yst falling shors - the
.e.i.cd result. They have produced lang benc-
icnl The ilycNlill whei. perfected may traly be
sd to he the eliminating point oi mGnv expert
men = MT on y by the inveitor, Dgt by many 9TH
Or.. ;.e mas have prDEteu indirectly by tho ru-ilc
ce .s.ul experiments and failures OF ohcr-. but il
gives them right to ca m share OF The he nor Of
me pIOA OF the successful Inventor Il II "hcu
speculation has been reduced to rrac.ice when ex-
:ierinent h,,. resulted IN discovery ali1 when that
discovery ha- bevn perfected hy paiient euntin
ued experiments when some new conpOatid, art,
manufacture, nr machine ha- been INV procnced
whcn Is useful to the public that the party mak2i
"And YET when genius and patio III perseverance,
have nt length succeeded, in spite of sr,rra and
suotIs some vniuubie invention or disco cry, how
seldom Is il followed by reward Envy lGbs him
of the honor, Whiie apeculaors, swindies, and pi-
catrs rob him OF tie profits. Every unsuccessful
experim, ner WHO did or did or did not come very
near making u discovery now claims IL. Every ons
who can invent All Improvement or vary ii. Nrm,
claims right 10 pirate the original discovery. We
need not summons horse or Blanchard ~ Wood
worth to prove that this Is the usual history OF eve
ry great discovery ar invention.
"The present case aods Nnuther chapter TO this
long and uniform history - Wallace, G. q i!e-
ports p. .92