The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-03-07

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.rETysasssss,GsEaf TaRnYIu CO.
Office ut che
EsX'D 'LANlN MILL,
CORNER OF g'inr and second streofs,
tNsar Sho sEGI:rOGaJ
TITU5VILLE, PA.
Owing to the large and in tressiny demand for the
Rob gt,' TorpudJes and the ialc Gecsion OF tho |
Commissioner " Patents Ia reiu,iug 10 Nm. Reed |
paleat aad the decision oi judge K. .. Grier sas
taiuug HE h06erts' patent tney lh7e Low iai.LD |
tie price " iheir Iorpedoes
TWENTY PER CENT.
50 that every Operator can saord 1t ~ Torpedo
before abandoning IL Wen.
Tho following is the decision rendered hy Juduo
Crier ou the twenty-second e2) day of se,,tember
10 ia The United States C iuit Court Al Phiaue
pli.. The case was argued Three unys by Charles
NJ. Eeier OF New YORK, II. h. Lucas and s. A. Fur.
Naice oi piitsbursn, for defendants, and George
H'.rdins OF Philadelphia, and George H. lhgisy. III
F.iisOu'gh, for pi.nuf
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER.
As write with dihicllty can only sate Tho co,,
citsions TO "uch my mind uas come after c.rsin
examination oil this c..e.
The complainan bus exhibited a patent da,ca
.oth OF ApHl, 1860. Itis Is pfina ta,T. yidonc ~
good utlc, ahl put. o. the lrsponieut1 tbp NM
aeii oI proof tAa the patent Is VOID or wor,Iles.
heea Aot repeal ny iemalAs in ,ie ca. on Coed
yeir vs., Day u Wall, Z. c. Rep; l.g) b.t nnS,,
@iupt them o. aiIUrdn. rule OF recigj,, .TS noN
piles c.s'!y 70 the present. case.
~ 'ne lni.ilgemens OF the paicnt is admitted,
tn1 "nly question viii bo Us to the ynlidtv nt -
p'l.1."i. p,teh1 OF April 25,leoo
III was AiIer speculGton mad been reducod d,
pi'e,gel ana "ier repeated eXperiiaeDta iboi tie
~ flntia.t succeedea III Overcoming he prciuoicn
ehe iShorahce OF the pcOpl. On tho srb,c "a
psisuaI the public thlJ mis- invention ~ 'I '',,
a''st @ NC tu established It's great utility and vain
So snt WIN nIs goIi Us ana patient perseverance, IN
spite o. sllcers and scOis,r were ,on,rlyt'i IN ~
ees7Iai, mat Reed, who had beti,re ,ain S,3
ehIs on .lc same supJeet and g.s un.u,ce.pf
i5llet L.'it ue uad the best liglt t0tienIa1ii,'
u q Wls purchasing one or more Cof,,Ia,,,nt1s,a
pedues, Ae abDed un the i.t of 'i,'i' @ sYt
tor pltlht Tor Substantially the sam o,,,; i40,
t'Os VI ucnGsa anu aChinc tsned In co,,,,,Iai"
isIis i IN GA '1e Iotl oi the same month the
AS'PVnuvn9 'os.htu themselves iuto A commune or
corporation ca,icd The Reed IorDe,io ny "a =,
10! tue pdfpJso on pilating the CiJinni,inai,'s
Md ~ ''',t iPoTtlls 'le expense o. litigation
scfeicj' even Httr the preliminary iniuuctirn In~
P'op1!iy grained by the District ,5ifne '::''
o,Iot uu.ot nc catered torcumpuinant for n Dcr
Peluul INJUNCTION, and n Master ;uuuintsd , r. i
Ill account according to the rrtver of Ihs I '''-N
II. G. 'GluER, Judge.
horE--Ihe passage referred to by ,Iudro ,,risr l.;
,.'S 'u' ',ier uec: on, Wallace, p. 29O adopted ns
"f! icaoie 10 ihis cas- was as follows: "9
A. Is usually the case when any yilualla di.cov.
cGJ ~ -lade or any new machiue OF W. M iif,,
.fcHtcu tHdJ Tue attention of The bubble ho, Gccn
'drnGi To tnnt subject prayiously and thai ma, -
peIrohs nave been making researches and eZrorI
4hnnt'' IN hioe1phirs ana mechluicans p,,v fov,
~ Rone m ,sure anticipated iIr their q, crSi ,,i, @
sc i''ssioiity or PROBABILITY of such dis,ovrr -,
iuVenlioa; many experiments have breI sysf,
,'oIi Voh!uE Tety near yet filling short ot the
uesitt result 1hcy have produced nothi,tr ~,
hciai Ihe Invention whe peIiec,ot NAV ir,,i,, y,
e"Io 10 W the eliminating point OF many eyi,ori
men 3, not only by the inventor mn lJv man ~
ols ho may nay, pfoilted Indirectly by the ilnsuc.
ce-siul eXperinent. and failures of o,irrS h"f i,
GlVos tlem no right to cla m share of ths ycn,, ~,
lhe prol' oil Tie succcssiui inventor 1, IL N,ten
speculation has ooen reduced 10 pra,tIce wh,p a.,
psrlaeht ma resulted II discovery and When thnL
wsIo.ry .,as oeen perfected ~ patient anu eou,ir
aed experiments when some icw COMPOUND mi.
hianui.ctiie, o. machine has bean nm ~, a ri
Mhichls usaiu 10 tnepIbiic that tho psri
beaoines apuoiic beneiactor and cnti, led IN r,rent
ant JET %nen genius and paint persoyerpnci.
uaFc NJ length succiene1. in SHE of smear. nnt
.cous, some valuable Invention or disco.,oyv hn,r
seldom Is II followed By reward! Envy ,ul,. hin,
Of iae honor, 5hile specnators,iswindlnr AND uj
'atea ruo uim OF tho profits. Every unsncccssl,l
eNpetimtnler "lo oid or did or did not come very
near making discovery now claims H. 4V,rv ~, =
VINO can invent an impru ycncut or var, i,s t,,,,,
ciailns fisht 10 pirate the ofiriim discovery Ws
need not ,umm1ns oOse or Blrnctngd ar Wond
worm TO Prove tha' tni' Is ibe usual i.tory of exc
i! great ulScoycry 0r invention.
''Ihe present case ADDS arothcr chprter I, t,;s
lons"nd Uniform history."-2 v allacs, c. Re
ports p. ~