The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-12-16
ROBERTS PETROLEUM ToPppno,
ROBERTS PETROLEUM TORppno
IORP EDOES
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM. TlRpEl0 pO
Office tat ihe
RED PLANiNG MILL,
Cor or of Pine and second s;rcs,.
Near the RaiirOadD
TITUSVILLE, PA.

OWING 10 The large ana Increasing demand So, ~.
Roberts 1'orpedncs and the late dccisIon NJ ~ w w
Commissioner Of Patents IN refusing to VIM p'l
patent. and the decision Of judge T. c ClIo..''
tanning the Roberts' patent they lave LOVE lss
the price Of their Torpedots -'
TWENTY PER CENT.
so that every Operator can afford " try To,,,.
before abandoning n We'll. ''@
The following Is the decision rendered ~ r.3
Gricr on the twcnty-secUnu t.2l day OF s.i'i..i-
1869, IL the United states Circuit Court NJ PM
phia. Ihe case was argued three DAYS by tt,t.
NJ. Keller Of New York, b. \. Lucas and :. A H.
vance ot Pitt-burgh, ior defendants. md a. :.
Harding OF Philadelphia, and George H. Chn., \
Pittsburgh, for pialntii.
OPINION OF JUDGE GluERT VA
AS ! write with difficulty can only state The a,
illusions 10 which my mind has come after cara
examination OF this case.
The CON llinant hus exhibited a patent dr.
25th of April, lstj. This ia prma facir e,idsp,.
a good title, and puts on the respondent. The IL
den oi pro1i that the patent j. VOID or worihle,.
need not repeat my REMARKS lutAe case :G0.i
year vs. Day q htll, G. G. kop; -.sl but III
adopt them as ailordins rule o tecisiouw n
pics clearly 10 the y eseut case.
As the Infringement Of the patent is admit
the only question will be us 20 the validity Of o5
plainanls patent Of April p, lSj>.
81 WAS alttr speculation had been reduced n
practice. and aittr repeated experiments tAG r
complainant succeeded in over CJmli Z t.c prt.t Il
ami iguO aucc of the people on the subject t-
rrrsuadiug the public that his Invention was Il.
alt r he lad established it, great u.ility and ul,
ANA when his genius and patient pcr-eyemrct
>pitD >ueerS ma scOh-, were tompittty..,
CO >iul, that Reed, who had before uGdt elie
mtnts on the same subject, and was un,Gccs,.a
and ailer hurcha,mg one or more cumpaiuau.,i
pcIoos, he appli, On the lSt of Movable s,l
tor piieitfUr substantially the same conf
ons Of devices and machine contained in cuutA
nrt : patent; On the l5th # the same mOl,l
respondents f1rmo Il then.e Ives INFO . cOmpil
cor. Grafton called =" he he,d orr edo COml,tt
f.r the purpose Of platiig the COmplg!uills j
vennon, and supporting the expeusee OF III -lta.
and thus deiraud h.n of the liults They have ~
served, cNeh aftsr the pre.lna.y inJutcti.n 'a|
properly granted by Tic i-ricT Jude:
Let degice be entered ior conf lHinii IoT l''
petuai injun ciipr; md Z, Muster, appon,e 5H.,
al account ar,oiaing 10 the payer Of theht 4
X. Z. GklEk Ju1-',
NorE.-The passage referred TO by judge G:.I 4
his former d-cls'on, Wallace, =. 299 aloptl 4
app iCdbic to this case was a. follows:
at l. usually the case, v hen any valuable die
cry Is wade. or any Lev machine Of great willy
Invented, that tucHitunt.uu of Tie public has .-
iurncd to thlt subject previously, and that "a
persons have been making researches and ezll
meuts. Philosophers ana mechauicians may r
.Ie lus- 10. ity or probability of such Gisc0'e7
n'cnti0,; many experiments have bceL suctts'
~ uied, coming vciy near. yet iA.iiu, short O O
desired result. They have produced nothing la
Zeal 'lLr invention wher perfected may unl
SAID 10 be Tie eliminating point OF MANY exp
mon :, not only by the inventor. hut by mary
oi-. iie may hav, prOilted Indirectly bv Tue y5'
cc>siul experiments and failures OF others bA |
gives Item no right TO clam a share ol the htli
Tie prOut of Tie successful inventor II l. vi
speculation las been reduced to practice, wt-
pertinent ha- resulted in discovery and when y
discovery ha- been perfected by patient Gul o1'.
ued experiments, When some new CumpOglt. ~
manufacture. or msrnine has boon thu. pr,dUt'
which is useful - public, that the party uash-
becomes apublic bCnciaCtor and erliileGlu i%b
"And yet " Ien genlu- and pa'i, ut ptEe'd1
have ut length succeeded, in spite Of -uttIs
-cotls, snnc valuable Invention or disco"ely
seldom Is Ii followed by reward Envy
OF The honor, Ahiic speculators. swindcs atl
taivs rob him Of the profits. Every Uusutct,
eSicrimt nter WHO did or did or did rot come
near making discovery now claims IL, E'Gy
who can invent an Improvement or vary IL "
claims right to irair the original GscJyl!
need not summons MOrse, or blanchard, Or Ne
worth 10 prove that t,i- il the usual History oi
ry grrat discovery OF invention
"1he present case aGds another chapter 70
lon- ana uniform history."-2 allace,, I.
ports p. 292