The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-02-15
sOBERTe' PETROLEUM TORPEDO.
'IORP .EiDOEG.
THE ROB E.feTs
pITRgLHUM TanpTNl ca.
Office at the
:saD E'LAYtNG MILA.
Corner OF Pine aud second streets,
Near the rsaiiroaa,)
TIrUSVTLLE, Pa. ;.
sOBERTs' PETROLEUM TOBPEDO.

Owing to the large ana increasing demand focthe
! Roberts forpedJ Jes, Sud the lale decision Of tn
Commissioner of P,iei.t- Ia refusing to VIM. Reed
patent. and the dstisi N of judge /. lter aus
lairng The ltobers pitea' they nave LOW EHE0
the price vi their rorpcaots
.rsGNrI.. PER CENT.
40 that every Operator crn afford 10 try a Torpedo
before aoandoumg Well.
The 70 lowing I. the decision rendered by Judre
s'rier on tue wenty.second l22 day of scitc.nber
lsd9, in the United States Circuit Court ut PHI aoe
Pima. Tue case was argued three DAYS BY Charlie.
~. Keller of New YORK, Is. 4. Lucas und ). A. Pur.
vance of Pittsburgh, for daitndsnis and George
fitisbusgh for pla nti
OPINION or JUDGE GRIEH.
As write with lifcully can only state .hc con
ciusons To which my mind has cone after saref,l.
examination OF this case.
The complainant has exhibited pr.er. dated
a5th Of April leb5. 1his is prlma scie evidence of
Il good title, aud pats on the respondents the bur.
den OF PROOF that the patent ia void or worthless
nced not repeat IA, lemsrhs IN the case of Good
year vs., DaN q Wall, G. c. kep; 2s9) bat now
adopt them as aiorriirr RUE OF decisiGr n W ch op
pits clearly 10 tho piosent case.
As the inrineeinent of the patent is admitted
the only question viii be as TO the validity of com
pailau.s patent of April p, 1883
III was after speculation had been re,'ucsd IN
practice ID -fier Iepeated expeiiniants that the
cOinpla.nan succeeded IN overcoming .he tr,iu,r.
AID ignorance oi tue people On the subject, and
pc!suaqg the public thai his inycntit, w n .e nj.
after he had established ts great uiiiity and ins
sad when ms genius aud patient perseverance,. in
\ite o. sncefs and sUO.f,,n were ComDlup'v s-c
ccssini, thaC heel, VINO had ueore made expsri.
menis on the SINE s1niect. and wis u,,srcc,-sl,ll
imagined that had the Uest light to the iayqnti1n
snG after puIcLAiug one more Compl, ,nap. ,rs
pecoes he apu'iod on the ist OF November, Isul
tor patent Tor Substantially the same conf ian
tiOns vi devices and sChue contained in co.nninir
ants patent ou the 18th OF the same month The
respondents formed themselves into co,nnanv ~.
ccorpoiHiol ca'ied 'Ihe heed Torpedo Company p
ior ,ie purpose ot .irdtng the cump lainau's In.
Venton, ana srpp"TiiBE the expense oT li,igstiou
ard mus deilaud hiin ot the riit.. The, nave q.
seyercd, even FitI the pieimhagy Injunction very
properly Eantcl by the Diatrc, 3udts
Let cree be entered for co,nplsiuapt ror nor
petaai nluncfiol. and i .stor appointed 10 Ike
al account according To tne prayer of rhe bill
II. c. GRiER, Judge.
NoTs-Thc passage referred to by Judge Grier II,
Ms inrner decs''n, 3 Wallace, p. 2ga sdopted AZ
app lcaole TO. hi eaf' wa' as luliows:
.rv ~ Is miully me casr' wheu auy valuable discov.
,hvehleu, trat tieetention of ike publc ha. bee,
| 'u'"td 10 thlt SUBJECT previously. ana that mary
ps,>oAs nave ne'n makinS researches and experi
Weh's. Philosophers ana mechauiciaIIs may nay,
M some n' ssurr anticipated in their sDpcia
the p".aibli itY Or prnJl"tity o. such discovery nj
'nIeh'io"; many experiments rave Dpeu succosslll
~ med contl- very uelr vet ralnp sl,or, n, Vi,
| desired result. They have produced nnflinr hon
| neal Ihc Invention w.e perfected NAV I,uiy h,
| SAID TO he the eliminating point oI MANY ex5eri
men :, not ony by the iuvcatur but by plany "th
nf- may hnv, proiitet Inc rcctls BIZ ihe i,n.uc
cessiu experiments and failures o: nthcr-. brt i
gives thsm NO rit - ca IN shnre o. the Lf nor ~
! tae prHil ot tn, successful irycufor IL il whe,
| specuiauon has heen reduced tu practice, when ey
p,riii mt ia- reaG ted IN discovery ana when a
Ii 'covery has bel perfected y na,ient anu cont,n
ned exp trlhents wasn me new crmpo md ant
manufacture. pr fnnrhiue Ina hceI Inns nrCd1ca,
which is TSe'H to the public that the marry no.n
becomes apuhiic ben factor aud entitled 10 "A Ia emf
land Yet wien genius and patient pcr-eyeronc
iia"e at length succeeded, in sli,e Of smear. an,
scohs some v luible Invention ur oisco"erv. how
| seldom IL il followed by reward Envy robs hin
OF the honor. hiie specul,tors sw.udle g. and nj
| rates rob him of the prpflts Every uu.ucce,sEu
sxt'egmenier who did or did or did not conc ,,r
near making discovery now claim. IL. Eyerv M,
VINO Gun invent an Improvement or vary its form
| claims right to isae the original discovery "
! Feed not summons 'o"se, or Blanchard or Wont
worth to prove tat tni is the usual history Of ey
| ry great discovery or invention
the pres, ,Tce,e aods another chapter to TIL
long and uniform history Wallace, C. q. Il
ports p. ~. -