The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-02-27

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ORPEDOES.
Yxats hsveEnTs
pEE..EalEuM fuRfCDp 6.
office at alss
Ran PLANING MILL,
Corner Oi Pine and second streets,
wear the isatirOadJ
TITUSvILLE, Pa.
Owing to the large and neieaID: !: demand for the
hois'rt.' rorpedpe,. and tile Ists ACCESSION OF the
Coiimtssionsr of Pat';lts iu reiu sing tv VIM Reed
pa,en, AID the dclsi III OF Jld,c H. & Iir,er SUI :.
tain'ny the tt,berts' patent tiiey nave Low ERE D
tas price of their lorpcdo,s
TWENTY. PER CENT.
10 that every Operator can afford ~ Try . TORPEDO
before abandoning u Well.
The following IA the decision rendered bv Judco
HrNT GU the twen, ,ysecona (22) day of September
i~j, III me United States Circuit Court at PhiIadej
y,ii. The ca.e WAS argued three days by Charlie.
Al Keller ot New York, B. 4. Lucas and s. A. Pnr
Nia"ce "i l'ittshureb for defendants, and Georpe
l"tuiDE uf Philadelphia, and George L. ,,hrisiy ~
f'tstarsh for plalaG
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER
A. write with ditiiculty can only state the con
suslons TO which my mind has come arltr "A
sXauiillation Of this .ase
'tno compluin,nt has exhibited n patent dated
a6tn of April, 1915. This is prna lacir evidence oi
g"L titic, ;hd puts on the Respondents the bur.
1c OF proof thai the patent is void or worthless.
hecd not repeat my remarks IN the case of Good
year vs.. l@y " Wall, G. q. Rep; 1a,J bat now
~dnpt them ae ailurting rule O decision which mn,
a,
AZ 'hc inirinscinelt OF the pa t is admit ted
The oii,y Question will be to tho validity of com.
piainars pateii. of april u, 1855.
ut wa5 alter speculation had been reducad 4,
Practice and amer icpeated experiments thaI ts
cpiip.lAiit sue eedei in Dvurc,,minu he nr,iudic,
ai'n isnoiince OF the peopi. ON the subject, and
ifsuidibs The public that his invention w. use mi
amer Lac mad established its great utility and vim.
ara when Ills genius and patient perseverance, In
r,h'e VI sheer. and scof-," were compleleiy suc
scs"fu tiint Reed, whu iiad before made ex,..i
,neiis IN the same subject, and was uiIs,cc.. III
i gincd thai he Lad tie best right to the nyenI
alter purchasing one of more Ior
".I' r no tteu on the list OF November, 1851
I"r II patent iOr substantially the same combiua
tOli- vi uevces and aCLine Contained In oomn,niu
ants latent. On the 10th Oi the same mouth tha
',;a,, ,orneu themselves into company or
s"iloia.ioh called ''lhe Reed Torpedo CJI,nnnv. j,
iof ths purpose Of pirating tile complanant's In.
'c',.yi, ahu supp rtiig the expense OF litigation
% ".a .l,%' asinphn Of tho fruits. They have pei
bioperiy gH'atel by tile District Judge W.
lAi dacrec be entered for coDlplainant far N ,,o-
pel,lni 'lvunctioii. aud Master appOinted 10 AXE
~ Sceouii' according u tue prayer OF the bill
Al. Z. GKIER, Judge.
N0rE.-The passage referred to bv Judoe (,r,ar Il,
h's Yriner decl.'op, Wallace, p. 300 adopted ~
App lctoie 10 tis Case was as follows: =
Is usually the Case, when any valuable d,.,u,,
! IN Riaue, or any ntw niacnine Of great mi itv Il
ihv-nied, that thearentiou of the bubl,c has & 20
la'neu " That subject previously, and thai MAJ
i'erto1s laVe Dofn making researches and eyn.r;;
lnents PHILOSOPHERS ana lnechaDicinns ma Pe.i PP
IN "oine measure anticipated In their snac,,at;"ns
thc Possibility or probability of such discov.rv nr
insehiiou many experiments have beeI .,,c.. e,,
. iie1 coniils xefy near. yet ialn, s,urt ut the
,.,i ih.4 rSsu IL; iiey h,ve prudueed nothing bene.
Holai ny lnVcliilon whot perfected NAV truiv he
stih To be the eliminating point OF n,n,,v n,y,i IL
ihen = not ony by the ihrehtur bur bv ,n,,,y III
nrs. tie may NAYS prUlled Indirectly Inv tha ,,s,.
eAporihionts ana failures of Others, but il
hos ''e 10 rieiit 10 Ga III share OF toe he unr nj
INC prohi OF Tie succ,-slui inventor n is ,ya, m
speculation has been ftducud to practice ,,ho~ % Nv
I'eiiIirnt Ia. resulted in discovery and uhn . "a
,,.J n'' oe,i perfected ny patient ana contin
"ou cSpurih;hts, wloa sons new comnounI .r,
Manui!ctnie, ~ inacniBe has been ,h,i nrnd,".i " y
winch Is useiu 10 thcpnblic that the ,,artv 'a,;W ~
pe'phcs apuhjc btIeiaGtUr and en- fitIsd 10 a'tt
,, niu yet wueii genius and patient perseverance,
nav u. iehslh s'ccaedaf, Ia slie of sI,,.rs and
heols, some valuable Invention, ,,r oisooes. anu
ss'uohi Is II io0wei by reward Enyy -, Ia" Ia;
oi the hlnor, ~hie sDeculiiOrs swinL..s 80 nm i
Lnles TOD MN OF the pr0itsS Every nus,cc..,pp pI
~ WIZ ana Or did Or did not come very
mar Nn'hllg n'scovery now claims II. ivery onss
Miio can invent an Improvement or vary IN. une
cianis right to prae the original ai.! va, "tn'
n'tI NOT summons nose, or Blanchard or va |
Wv r .i.n sas .'iis " the usual history OF eve
"Ihe present case adds another cbantar O., a., |
,"nS alla M nniiorii hislory."-2 Wallace G. a, t'.s
ports p 233 ~ ~ " Ae- |