The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-12-14
ROBERTS S PETROLEUM TORPEDO
ROBERT s PETROLEUM TORpEDO y
TORPE EDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO CO.
Office at the
RED ksLANING MILL.
Cor or of pine and second streets,
Near the I.ailroudJ
TITUSVILLE, Pa.

Owing 10 the large and incrcasirg demand for iho
Roberts Torpedpes. and the late decision of tb,
Commissioner of Patents In refusing 10 VIM. Reed
A patent. md the decision of Judge Il. g. Giier sn,
taining the Hoberts' patent they have LOWERED
the price OF their Torpedo,s
TWENri PER CENT.
20 that every Operator can G!ord " try Torpeto
before nUandonlug We'll.
The following Ia the decision rendered by Judra
Grier on the twenty second (22l day OF September,
lesh, III the United states Circuit Court ut PhinGe
phin. The case was argued three days By Charlie,
N. Keller OF New YORK, Is. Il. Lucas and >. A. rur.
vance of Pittsburgh, Tor defendants, and George
llarding vi fui.aGclphla, aud George H. ,hIisly v.
Pittsburgh, Tor pa'!ln
OPINION OF JUDGE GluER III E9
As write with difficulty Gun only state the con
illusions TO which my lninu LAS come alter caItu.
examination OF this casc.
Tho complainant has exhibited II patent dated
25th Of April ls5. This l. prlma facic evidence Of
good title ana puts ON the respondents the bur
don of proof that the patent is void or worthless.
need not repeat my remarks in the case of Good.
year Va. bay tz Wall, &. G. Rep; z2y,) but now
adopt them n ailordins rule o decision Which ap.
pies clearly to the present case.
AS the infringement of the patent is admitted,
the only question will be as to the validity OF com
painants patent of April 25 1858.
"i was after speculation hadbcen reduced to
complainant succeeded in over coming the prejudice
and ignOl ancc OF the people on the subject, ani
per-uauIg the public thai his Invention Vas us,iu
aft lie mad established its great utility and value
and when his genius and patient perseverance,, IN
spite snccrs ana scoif-, were completely suc
CO siul, that itcod, who had before mrdr ,Xper
nvnts ON The same subject and was unsucc l-uI,
and after purchasing one or more cOmplainautsur
le4oes, he applied on the l-t OF November, loi,.
Ior u paeit for substantially the same comhiia-
oils of devices and machine con aimed in conn liam,
ant patent; On the l5ih Of the same month the
Respondents formed the I've. into q company Or
cor, Grafton call, d "lhs heed 1orl edo Company,
the purpose OF rating the complainant IN
vcntion aud supporting the eNpersee OF tigatiun,'
aud thus delraud him oi the i,uits. They have p.r
sulNed. even after the prelnaly INJUNCTION yey
properly grantcd by tie i-'tict Judge
Let degree be entered for conf landI for per
petual injunction, and Master, sppoin,e to take
all account ar,oidiDgy 10 the payer of the. .hii. -
X. L. GRlEli, JuGgs
NOrE.-The passage referred to bv Jndge Grier in
his former decision, Wallace p. 2pJ adopted as
app icabe to this case was rs follows:
at l. usually the case, when any valuable discOv
cry il uiadc or any new machine Of great utility Is
Invented, that thea tcntion Of the public has been
turned to thar subject previously, and that mAiy
persous have been making researches and expert
nients. Philosophers ana mechanicams may have
IN some miasurc anticipated in their sptCuatiOri
| .ie possibility or probability Of such discovery OF
invention; many experiments have beer successful
~ tiled, coming very lear yet falling short OF the
desired result. They have produced nothing bes.
Heal The Invention wheI perfected may truly e
said 10 be the eliminating point OF munv expU :.
men =, not only by the inventor. but by many 9th.
Ur-. lie may have profted indirectly by the un>uc'
ce~sful experiments and failures of others, but il
gives them no right to ella IN share OF tte hcnOr t
tEc profit Of the successful Inventor 1t l. WHEN
| spctuaiion has been reduced to practice, wien "a.
pertinent ha> resulted In discovery aad when tiaI
discovery hn- been perfected by patient ana ccItn'
ued experiments when some new compound, ant
manufacture, or miu'hine has been ihu- pro ducrA
which is useful 10 the public that the party lGn.
becomes apubie b nciaCtUr and entitled to patent
"and yet when genius and patti ut pcrsGNcance
have at length succeeded, in -pile of IN, hld
-coifs some valuable invention ur cistoe cry, how
seldom is !, followed by reward Envy rohs him
Of the honor Whiie spcculaiors, swindle $, ard li
| tatcs rob him of tho profits. Every Unsuccessful
eXlierimfnter WHO did or did or did not come Nry
near making discovery now claims il. Every ou)
who can invent an improvement or vary its iurl
| claims right to praIe the original discovery. VIZ
need not summons Morsc, or BanchaId, or Wood
worth to prove that this is the usual history of e',
| ry great discovery or invention.
"The Present case aGds another chapter to this
| long and uniform history Wallace, Z. Y Ee
| por:s p. 23l