The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-02-28
a0FNRYs' ExTR0IzsDM r0lHEDO.
Y1ORP EDOES.
uEgF, QD0BERTk
ggTMEEUM TORPEDO 60.
Office at the
RID PLANNING MILL,
Corner of Pine and second Streets,
Near the RaiirOad,)
TIrUSVILLE, PA. ::


Roberts Torpedoes, and the late Iccision of the
Commissioner Of Patents In Refusing to VIM. Reed
PATENT and the decision Of judge II. Z. Grier sus-
tiiniBg the roberts patent they nave LOWERED
the price Of their Torpcdoes
TWENTY. PER CENT.
ro that every Operator can afford ~ try To-nedo
before abandoning Well.
The following Ia the decision rendered bv Judgo
Gre on the twenty-seconG (22l day of Seltember
1853, in the United States Circuit Court at Phsdel
pnia: The case wa. argued three days by Charles
III. keller of New York, b. \. Luca. and < A pur
Vance OF Pittsburgh, for defendants, and Georpe
Harding of Philadelphia, and George H. Chri.ly. of
fittstursh, for plaintiff.
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER.
As write with difficulty can only state the co,
illusions TO which my mind has come after a care.n
examination of this case
The COM plainsnt has exhibited a petor. 5,,i
25th Of April 1860 This is prima faci,. eyiJenc, ~
good title, aud puts on the respondents the bnr.
dei OF propi that the patent is void Or worthless.
need not repeat my remarks in the ca So os Gno5
year " Day {. Wall, z. C. ReE Z2gI hat 'Uou 49,
adopt them as aiording rule OF decision va;,h o
plies clearly TO tue present case, A 1P
, rs si inc ,nrinsement Of tle past is sdmitted
tne ON! question VIII be as to the validity ut com
piniiahs patent OF April -, ISIS ~
,ol,, wa, 'itg' specuiation hsd been reduced tn
pdao,ioc, ad ai,er repeated experiments, THAI the
eoinpHiiaht succeeded in overcOu,in" he ,,re;rdi.
ana ignorance of the people ON ina snhlpmS' m
pershiclhg the public that his invention ~
@ a..st mo , cstaopsned It's great utility and yalna
anu when MS genus and patient persevnro,,o H.,
spite OF sncer, and scOil-, - were for,nis,a "
eessinl, tnat Reed, who had oefore ra,de 80;
nicn,s gu tue same subject, and was unsncc.-If,i
h,sineu 'at nc iid the best liht to the inyen,i,,
a0d after purchasing one of more r,nnIa;. ,oiI
pedoes, he applied on the LIST of Noyemhar is..
!or patent ior substantially tho same comlina'
S,s pa,cut NJ n ana ia,hine contan in complain.
Gut P.tch'' oh tiie 10th Oi the s,tt, mont, m.
Respondents formed themselves into "A ca,n,, Va. ne
fr 1o '.,,r, oa'e9 ,Ihc Reed Torpedo Company. y
rrrtian an VI plrating the complainauts in.
"''u mus ueiiahd hin of the fruits They bnyo no
nerouJ, even 'iter the preliminary Injunction yerv
properly granted by the District india WY
Lei decree be entered for complain,nt c,r , o,
Pe'ual hJunctlOl and iiaster apDdjuted IN ,r,i,o
~ "ccouht according To the prayer of the bill
IL. e. GklEK, Judge
,SerE.-Ihe passage referred TO by Judge (;rier in
an Ir.er ;h decision, Wallace, p. 300 adopted a.
opp ~, ,csole 10 tis case was us follows: 80
is " suiily Inc case, when any yalunhIo d;.,n,,
ty 70 aaue, or any new machine of Great n, itv ia
entcu ;usi mat tteatenion of the public ha. been
.urh'i 10 liat subject previously, and that na,,v
mss 'i,'i Desh making researches and expert
h@,ens. @ rhuosophtts anu mecanicans NAV iav.
~ SOME MEASURE anticipated in their mn c,;i,,",,
the possibility or probability OF sueh d},coyern ~
inTuht,ol' many experiments have beet successful
uie1, coming very near. YET falling shnrt nj rho
GesEeu result. Ihey have produced noIhing hon..
nVia ihG Invention wbel perfected NAV iruly he
s.ir 70 Dc the eliminating point OF manv exn4eri.
ntl
ors' ,'e may nav. proiltet Indirectly nv tha
oess,u, experiments and failures Of Others but il
s'es .noi no rlent TO ca N share oil the hcnor of
tle Pront oi the successful inventor II IL when
specnation has been reduced to practice, when rx.
pertinent iil resulted In discovery and when thai
al7coyery has Deen perfected hy patient ana contin
ued experiments, when su,ne new comnnmnd or,
ni..nI'iclie, Or aiachinc has been ,hti. produced
Mncn Is ilselnlto Pnblictha the party inakinr
my ~ Pup.c P oeheiactor and entitled 10 patent
and YET when genius and pat, nt perseyerancr
nave at length succeeded, in s,,iie of snser. and
tc9hs some valuable invention or discO-erv how
seldom Is ii followed by reward Envv raii,,. m h;,n
oi lne honor, "hie specustors, swindle g. and nj
rates roo hlm OF the profits. Every un,nconsstfnI
e&lrrmenIer who did or did or did hot come yrrv
he''r he''r making discovery now claims it,, Every ons
VINO can invent an Improvement or vary its i,rm
s,as nn rignl 70 pirate the original discovery We
h-ei not summons horse, Or Blncbnrd or Wood
WORTH t' prove that this is tho usual history of evc
ry grrat discovery or invention. Vi '''
"The present case a0ds another cbanter m ,h;
long and uniform hstory."-2 Wallace, c. G. 'K.s Ks'
ports p. 993 ~ W me-