The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-02-20

kOHkRTE PETRSLEUy TORPEDO.
TORP EDOES.
TER ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO CO.
Office Rt the
Rgr PLAXING MILL,
Corner OF Pine ana second Streets.
'Ne"r the Raiiroad,
TITusvILLE, PA. ::
Owing to the large and increasing demand sor m,
Roberts Torpedoes, and the late decision of TN,
commissioner Of Patents IN refu sing to WIN. Reed
Pa,en; i, .ns the dsc.inn Of Judge 4 =. Gier sus
the price Of their Torpedoes
:rwENrf:.PER CENT.
seiore abandoning Well. peu'
Ibc following is the decision rendered bv yra.,
rier on the twentysecond (22) day of
I%S, IN the United States Circuit Court M PIa',s
K.,c Tne S case S was argued three days by Charlie.
vance Of littsburgh for defndanIs. md a. ass,
n,.arding OF Philadepha, and George A. uhri..v ~
fit'sburga, Tor plaintiff. ~"'i''' VI
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER,
~ write with difficulty can only state the ron
siu.lons to which my mind has com. after cars,,,'
examination Of this case. '"'''u
18th Of APRIL 1865 This is prima rc evas au.fd 70
good title. and puts on the respondents fha ~ "
aen .. proot tnat the patent is void or worthless
pear " Day t2wall, c. c. Rem ssSI b't '"ou, now
adopt them as ailording rule OF dscsinn "ow %
plies clearly to the present case. '" "p'
the onis s oesflse ,rsnt ~i 10 OF the patent i
p'ainants patent of April 25, 1858. W 'o"'
"u was alter speculation had been rc3ucad ,o
comnIasni as "er repeated experiments, thai the
Hnd 'ghorahcc or the people on the sub}s.c, onS
fersu '1ing the public thut his inyen ton w.s sn,
",.sr he nad established lis great utility and yalna'
anu when ills genius anu patient perseyer,n.a q;
spte oi sncers and scoa-,n were TonnI,ai,, ~
ce--n that Reed, who had before made sxrsri.
inents on tic same snbjelt and was unsuccr.rf,i
fisr nnr.ha,, e ad te nest right to the invention,
pedoc' NC npplied On tho 1st of NOyrmber' las.
!or pltsnt Tor substantially the same co,nii"a'
nuts M aIS , n.hinc Contained in complain.
resp Jndents formed them 81 Ives into comn., 'ne nc
corporation called ''The Reed Torpedo Coin..,v'
.ontp .or s parposs pirating the complainants In
ard thus defraud him Of the fruits They hn,, ,
severed, even after the preliminary Injunction Yery
P'Hpe,'y gran.el aa 10 oy the District Judge.
ENpo n
petual !nJunctioil and Master appointed IN ip,Ea
III accouhi according to the prayer Of the bill "'
H. y. GhiEk, Judge
Som.-The passage referred to bv Judge Grier in
ns ioriii-r decision, Wallace, D. 900 a,tnnad as ~
applicable to this case was Us follows: P''u AS
~ 10 ii.ually tho chsr, when any yaluabls d;..,v.
~ u saue OF any new machBe Of great mi jtv l.,
nventea, mat tine attention of the public has bean
s.rA,. " uat suneet previously. and that many
pesron' ave be-n making reseai ches and exnsH.
nehis. Philosophers and mechanicsns NAV Pps,.
,n soine measure anticipated in their snc,;ioti"n
she Possibility or PROBABILITY of sueh d,.covsr,. n
,nention; many experiments have beel successrn,.
9esiicd result They have prod,ceI nn,iin VI ho .ne
ncai. IN. Invention wiiei perfected NAV ir,i ~, |
s.lu W DC the eliminating point O. munv ax1yorJ "
men e, not only by the inventor buf bv ,,yth
re ,.i.y nav. proited indirectly by The i,nenc
" 'sIui experiments and failures of Other. h,t 4;
gives them no Right to cam share of the l., r n.r ~
tue prom 0i the successful inventor I, l. r. M |
.pccuiaiion has been reduced TO practice. yrian r
petlneht "a. resulted In discovery ana when t,"t
n.,s as nee perfected by patient ana contin
aen experiments when some new compo,ind arr
manuIactue O. or nacnne has been ,hn. nroJu"ai ."
"u.ch Is useiuito the public, that the pnrtv inanit
oeeolnes apu6lic beneactor and entitled "a r,Iast
anu yet when genius and patient perseyerancc
seolfs some valuable invention mr. ,;sco.,s, anu
y ssiuom Is II followed by reward Envy roI,s HIM
~ the honor, whine spectators swir,l,: and w.
.aues too MIN OF the profits. Every u,,snccesstni
n..s VINO did or did or did not come yarv
uuas u,l naKing q discovery now claims in E,nrv on |
wno % can invent an Improvement or varv az on'
% .a ,,, = lght 10 pirate the original disclyerv W.
,o~.h .v~ Aos " summons Morse, or Blanchard or Wa
" prove that this Is the usual history of ava
~ H..at uscovcry or invention VI o'e
"The present case sods annth.. ...
ports p. 292. "s'iAco' " Y. Hs'