The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-03-31

aUbHRrS PETROLEUM TORPECU

'TORP EDOES.
rsiE ROBERTS :
FGgE0bEEM TgRfED3 CO.
office at tlic
RAD FLAMING II LII,
Corner of Pine and second streets,
Near the EniirOad,
TICUSVILLE, Pa.
Owing to the large and increasing demand -, Ca"
Rob,aisf rorped ,es and the la,c uecisi oi TIA,
CollIli-sonur of Patents III refusing tu - III Ntcu
patent AID tiiu dccisi N of Judge H. ,ni"r rus
u!iuing the GObat-' patent tney nave Lo" @uip
the price u thoir Iorpedoes
.rWENri PER CENT
80 that every Operator eau ailord ~ try Torpedo
Delsrc sOaiid jh,iig W ell.
'rhe 10 iowin. Is the decision rendered By Judge
CrieE On tue twenty secoh! ga day OF september,
1859, IA III, UmtcG Stlte- tirct court at Pi,ilaIe,
puia. iuc case ~n- ar.neu three days by Charles
"A. Keller oi Ncs Ioih, Is. h Lucas aud = n. pur-
,,ahce of iiiisHu'.h la. defendants. and George
Esruiy. oi rtIaiogha and neoIse IL. IL.i-,y, Of
rit'-Duigb, IL, p.au
UPISioN OF JUDGE GEIER
As write Ai;a dihchiiy can oniy .,aie tie co...
clusion. 70 winch iny mind la, cotue after caro.u
examination Of tAis case.
Inc com tlnlul hts exhibited rntcnt dated
25tn uf April, iSo. This II prlhia hcie e,ieuvr
4 losp. tie, pats nn t,e irsi"ndtut- tue ilr-
dtn OF proof tina, the pieut - void or worthless.
ncei not rep u. Il .eiuafh- III the cast of GOOD
year Va. oat Il Nii &. Z. ke,; 80 bat uoN
Yioyt tlich a. ,icioiGg ru,e oi decision wich AZ
pic- Clea'iy 10 t.c i.c;e ent case.
k- the i,iIiiesulcnt OF the paient is Aluuit ted,
the on,. qit-t On VIII be MS to the validity ui com
piaiI,u.s patent Oi ApIii - 1855.
at wa5 ait,r -ptculauou had been reduced to-
pracl ice" aud ahe repeated experiments, that the
Complainant succeeded in vverGoning he prejudice
| and SuoraGceo Of the people tn tie subject. ana
pcrsuadu: the public tnai lis inventon Wu- useu;
aitcr nc had established IT, great ulity and value.
snd "wh.n ns gen u, anu patient perseverance, IN
| spite oi succrI und scois," weIc completely sue
ces- -ful, tnat Iced, VINO hG oeiCre made expert
iien- on the sInjett, .ni was unoucce,r,ul,
imt nel ina, nc had me best liht to Ote ln\euion,
d & after yt,lChts,Hg one more COMP nait'- Tor
! peIoc. ne applied On the l-t Of November, 1854,
| Tor pitcn Tor Substantial! the coia. inn
| ti.nS Ol devices AMI a.hlnc Contained in complain
ant, lmIrt. On Inc 10th OF the same InUntu the
re.po,'ignl- fornei themselves ilroa comppny o.
| COZ iUatipn e.,lud "ihe kcei Torpedo Company"
| for iiu parpJse Of iirdtnI the cump'ainahjs in.
ventiou, aud supp ltinG tue expense litigation,
md thus datraud min Of the !ruit> They ta.c l,ut
severed, even 'iter the preliminary Injunction Veiy
| proprriy gr.ntci bS tile District Judge
Let IL decree be entered for complainant for per
petuai Injunction. and Il baster uppoled 10 TAXI
an account according 10 the prayer OF The bill
h. L. GR!EH, Judge.
NorE-The pms sagc referred to by Judge Gricr in
HE iur,ner aecis'un, Wallace, p. 29J adopted as
| ap1 iCab.e to hi, case was as tuiiOyv.:
ait Is u-ltly the ease, when any valuable di.cuy.
cry il made, any new machine of graf nj ~ i.
| nvcn'e. tnat tDcaten,ion ui the public has 6ecr
| iurned To- that suhieet previously. AID that nAany
| ,,ersous have boon making researches ard ezp.ri
| inenis PHILOSOPHERS and m.chaDicisns NAV iav.
| ~ some m a-ufe 'ntcipated in their 81 culliuI,
,.,c pissiDility or PROBABILITY Of such discovery OF
invention; lnaaJ experiment, have Dt ei successful.
~ ,le.l, coming very mesr. yet falling short of the
, ic4irel result They hIye produc.d no,ting benr.
| ic.sl lla iLvcu'iun whe perfected HAY truly he
aid to be the eliminating point OF many eAusri
=, not un'y by the iuyeutor, bit by many 9TH.
ors. ue may nav. ir0iied ndlre;ly by The ilrsuc.
cessitil experiments ana failures of olhcr. but II
give, them rigit IL ca sire oi the hc nor ol
the proh OF the successful inventor il Is when
speculation has been reduced 10 pracicr, when e. d.
perii.eut Ia resulted IN discovery and whcn l. a;
:i.coyery ba' hevn perfected :iy patient onl contn
ned experncLTs when some new cainuouud art
| manuil.clure ur mauhue has been ,h,l. produced
which lie useful to the pubic that the patty making IL
becomes gpbc ben, ictor and entitled to la srit
"Ani Yet wncn geniu, and patient perseverance
have at length Succeeded, in spiio Of snt ers and
-cofs, some valuable ihVcAticn or disco"ery, how
seldom is ii 'oilowc. by reward Envy rob. him
of the honor, nhe specuNtoFs, 'udle 8, and pi-
.pt-s rob lin Oi The prUIlts. Every unsucce.siil
* perimc whJ dii or I'D dil not come ,,ry
near .naAitg discovery now clairls IL. Every ous
who can inven, an Improvements OF vary its iurrn,
need not .uuilons orsc. or BlnucliaId. or wood
worth prove tnat this is the usual history OF eve
ry great discovery or invention.
.rhc present case a0ds another chapter to this
long ana uniform history."-2 Wallace, Y. Z Ne
ports y w