The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-03-27
KubTRT 3 PETROLEUM. TORPEDO.
EubERT 3 PETROLEUM. TORPEDO.
TORP EDOES.
THE, ROB E,lkTS
pETR1LEuM TDRpED0 CO.
office at the
RAD PLANNING MILL.
Corner of Pine and Second streets,
;Ncnr the KatirOniJ
TITUSVILLE, Pa.

Owing to the large and iholeasin, demand for the
Rubcii9' Torpeioe,, and the ia,c ACCESSION ol the
Comini .siOucr Vi Patents III re,u'ily to WIN. Reed
patent AID the d.ci-i N of Jud.,c q. Z Guer sus.
tain.ny the itOberts' patent they Lave LOWEnED
the pr.ce OF their ioipedo,s
.TwENti FER CENT.
SO that every Operator can afford ~ try a Torpedo
before Abandoning We'll.
'rhe following IA the decision rendered by Juire
Grer on the twcityscconu t2!, day uf September,
iSbJ III the Uhiitd states Circuit Court at lmIauei
phia. Tie case was argncd ihree days by Charles
NJ Keller Of New iO:O. Is. : Lucas and =. A. Iur-
vanco Oi rili>nurgh for Il dfbdan,s, and George
ilp!uinG OF pDiaielpha ana ovuigc Ii. Ihri,ly, ui
Pittsburgh Tor VIA ntiii
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER
As l write with ti.lcnl,y can only state TIE con
illusions which my mind has couie after careful
examination Of this case.
me com .lainant has exhibited patent dated
25th Of April, lS5o luis Is prna tacie evidence OF
u go"i title anu puts on tne respondents the bur
den of proof tnat the patent is void ur Worthless.
ncci not repeat my en,aihs III the case Of t,uod.
year ". Da. u wall &. G. kcp; 2g9J bat now
adopt them a alorins rnle III decision which up
piic- ccaiy 10 tAe ieseni case.
As the Infringement Ui the pa e,it 10 adm, ted,
the oni question will be us to The validity Ui com.
plansn's iatent Of April ~, 1858.
''it was nlt;r speculation h.u been reduced to
practice a Il a:ier repeated experiments, that the
complainant Succeeded III overcoming he prejudice
aud Igtur,lDcc ot the people the subject, and
after he h,vd established IL great utility and v.lre
and "when hls gen Us and patient perseverance, in
spite OF sncer- aud scOil-, were completely suc.
cussiil, iat ltced, who had before made eNperi.
ment- IN the same st;Ojot, and WIS Unsuccessful,
i'm .ine. t'a lie had Inc best ri.,.l to Jthenvenion
u q aiisr purchasing one OF more Complainant tor
pedUc- he apDliel on the 1T oi November, 1871,
for patent for Substantially the same Cumbina
tiun> Oi devices AMI achinc contained in complain
ants patent. Uuitha 18th OF tie same month the
respondents formed thenist ives into company or
IA.
for the purpose OF iirItipy the cnmplainan,s in.
vcntion, AMI supparin- tho cHp...se oi litigation,
aid thl7 deilaud hlnl oi the ir,ui' They have pei
severed, even alter the preliminary Injunction Very
PROPERTY grntel 10y tie Di.tric, JUuge
let d crca he elIte.ri ior Complainant for per.
petuM njunction. and .anrtcr APPOINTED 10 take
al account according 10 the prayer of the bill
~ I. GkiER, Judge.
NorE.--Thr passage referred to by Judge Grier in
his ivrmer drcls'on, ) Wallace, p. 2s9 adopted .s
app icibic to ihi- ,asc was ~ follows:
"It Is u.ually the cnsc. when any valuable i,cov.
cry IL made, amy lew naciiue uf great u,iiIv j.
invented, that theaitcniion Of the public has been
turned to tlnt subject previously, and thar M, :
ptr.Uus have BEEN mI,lng iese;.i chcs and cAu,r
meats. ph iUsppIer, anu !n.cianciiiis NAV lave
~ some m assure anticipated in their sprcuatons
ale irssii'iity 90 pro'."l,iy Vf surh discovery o.
Inventions; many experiments nave brei sucl r.slul.
ly ti.co coui9 veiS hear yet ia ling short ,t the
desired result. They have produced nnhnr bone.
iclal The iaven'ion wier perfected may iluly he
--l W VIC 'hS punt VI MANY tSiJcIi-
men :, not ony ny The inNciior, hut by maly 9TH
ie may hnN, pruiltet ind "ochy by tue iln,uc.
ce.sfu experiments dnd iai0rts of ulher.. but it
give, rhel riga, TO a share of the h, nor %,
tie prot OF the sncca.siul inventor II !. when
speculation has been rctlUc d I, practice, wien cy.
periuicn la resulted la di 'cOvers and when, man
discovery ba- he perfected hy pIutut ana con,in
ued experiments, when slin. now e,.nyulnl. art
manuuctr. q, ar nioi.Ine hls been thu nr, d r,h
winch /, uscn to thepnoic thai the party inniiin.u
beeunlCs apubsic btnclactJr and tuiI ru ia n II. en-,
~ sss a.
have AZ length ,ucct elcd, in sd e ur sn.cr. and
.cOiis, some v"iuabj invention ar oisco"e-y how
seiG1m is il followed by reward Envy ro,,- him
u tue honor, wh.ie sgeculnlurs swiud'Grs and nj.
RATES rob MIN OF the profits. Every nusuccess,ul
eSpurinienie. who did Or did or dit bot come very
near making II discovery now claims IT, Every on,
WHO can invent an iTpruN cmeut or vary its iorin,
cailiis right 10 ,i'te the or.inGl disc very W,
need not summons Morsc, or Blanchard ar Wood.
worth t" prove t'at this Is the usual history OF eve
ry gr,at discovery or invention.
1.-THE Present case ACIDS another chapter to this
long and uniform h.siory.'-2 ullace, T. 4 he.
ports p .s2