The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-01-30
4 oBERT sPETRoLEUM Toppp.o,

TORREDOES
THE k0BERTs
er1RotRuM 1oapEua @,
. office Mt the
RED PLANINC Mill
Cor or OF Pine and SECOND S,,o.,.
Near the KaiiroadJ
TITUsV1LLE, PA.
Owing TO the large and increasing demand so,,..
RSbets' TOrpedOes. md the late decision NJ ' We
Commissioner Of Patents In refusing IN W. VI q @e
patent and the decision Of Judge h Gl,er nsa sr
The price Of their Torpedos AN10
TWENTY PER CENT.
eoAhas svery Operator can afford " try q r,..
Sel6re abandoning We'll. '''pe0o
yhs following u the decision rendered h, Jr,..
0feof on the twsntysecono (S2) day of ssi.,aSs' 10y
'1eto, IN The United states Circuit Court al SI.Se
phie. The case WAS argued three days b, shs,'.,
ii. Keller Of New York, D. y. Lucas and s. A H.,
Harding Of Phiiadelphla, and George Il. Chr,v'
PittsbuEgh, fOf plaintiff.
- q ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN n
As write With difficulty can only state the e.
clusions TO which my mind has come after es,tn'
examination OF this case.
The Complainant has exhibited a pa,en, ds,d
18th Of April ls65. This ia prima fsce evidence
good title, and puts GU the respondents the bc,
den Of proof that the patent is void ot worthless.
! need not repeat my remarks nthe case Of Good
| yeaf "a. Day u Wall Z. Z. Rep; l2y,l but now
adopt them as atiordng rule ci decision Which a.
piles clearly " the p, ssent Case.
A. the Infringement Of the patent 10 ADMITTED
the on, question will BY as to the yalidi,, Of cor
plainanis patent Of April %, 1853.
u was after speculation had been reduced 10
practice, and afu e repeated experiments th.tth
complainant succeeded In over coming the prejudice
and ignorance Of the people on the subject and
persuaaing the public that his invention was unil
afr he had established its great utility aud ysu,
! and when his genius and prtent perseverance,, in
spite sneers nj scoifs, were completely .ut
| ments on The same subject and was un.ucc, tsiu.
and after purchasing one Ur more compIainauts 10.
pedUes, he applied on the lst of November, 1861,
tor q patent for substantially The zane coub.la.
tons VI dsvc,s and uiaehine CON aimed in complain.
ants patent; On the 18th of the sanle nonth ,he
| respondents formed themse Ives into q compsn, U.
cor, Grafton called ~ hs heed Torpedo COMPANY
for the purpose Of piating the complainant [: il
vention, and supporting tue expensec OF tigs,iOs.
and thus deiraud him Of the fruits They have PEI.
| SCI we'd, even aiter the pre!mary injunction yey
properly granted by ii. district Judge;
Let u degree be enter,d for CONF iainai for pet.
pstual injun ctiOD; and Master. appninte to lax.
an account ac, oldingy to the payer of the,bl.
H. c. GtuEk, Jacs'.
NorI.-The passage referred to bv Judge Grief,
ia fnvv, dsrf a. MI
app picAbis 70 this case was us follows:
sit is ueually the case, when any valuable diseOy
cry Ia made, or any new machine Of great utility is
invented, that the attention of the public has bsta
turned TO that subject previously, and mat 1AhyI
persOns have been making Researches and exper|
| ments. Philosophers and mechanicians ma! hsy.
| IN some measure anticipated in their Speculation,
the possibility Or probability Of such discovery O;
Invention; many experiments have beel successful
~ tiled, coming very near yet falling short Of the
desired result. They have produced nothing BEN
nciai. The invention whei perfected may rrIy y
| aid to be the eliminating point OF many eIpT
mon 9, not only the inventor. but by many Oh
oys. lie may have proited Indirectly by the unsl'j
cessful experiments and failures of Others but !.
| gives them right to clam share o the henci q
the profit OF the successful inventor 1t is wf,a
speculation has been reduced 10 practice, when q
pertinent has resulted in discovery and whel ua'
discovery has been perfected by patient an0 eohlN
ued experiments, when some new compound; Al.
manufacture, or machine has been thus prodntei
which 10 useful to the publicthat the party maAls
becomes apublic benefactor and entiteGto pslsl,
sAnd yet when genius aud patient per'e,ersiIes
have at length succeeded, In spite of -inei' ~.
SCOTS, some valuable invention or Gisco"eTy, lIs w
seldom is Il followed by reward Envy Ioos lai pi
Of the honor, " hiis speculaoys, swndles sua p,,
rates rob him of the profits. Every unsuceesuJ
sxperimentsr who did or did or did not come % va!
\ near making q discovery now claimsi ENai ou']
who can invent an improvement or vary Us Winl,
claims right to pirate the original clssOsaIv Wi
| need not summons Morse or Blanchard, OF wv
worth 10 prove that this IL the usual histo! OIL c
~ great discovery or invention: ,,s
| "The present case S0ds another chape,, y y p n.
long and uniform history.'-s Wsliaceh 7"
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