The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-01-02

ROBERTS PETROLEUM 0oRprns :
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TORPEDOES
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM Iolllpe q.
Office at the
RED PLANNING MILL
Ger or OF Pfae and Ssseud Dsrss,.
Near the Railroaa.)
T1TUsvILIR, PA.
Owing to the large and decreasing demand n, ,,,.
Roberts Torreaoes, and the late decision ~ ~
Commissioner of Patents IN refusing 10 VIM M ~
patent, and the decision ot Judge H. C. ClIsr s sn.
laining the fohert-' patent they have LOWEkiD
the price of their Torpedo,s
TWENTY PER CENT. .-..
40 that every Operator can aforu ~ try ron.a.
before abandoning Well.
The following is the decision rendered BY Ir,,.
Gricr ou the twenty second l22j day Of str,,mhs,
1859, in the United states Circuit Cour, al fh,lsSs
phis. The case was argued three days by Cbs,l..
NJ. Keller OF New York, h. y. Luca, and {. a pa,
VANCE OF Pittsburgh, for defendants, and C,sess.
Harding of Pniladelphls, and George u. Chris,y !:
Pittsburgh, for plalnuf.
=SEoPINloN oF:1UDGE su.a n
As write with difficulty can only s,sts thu ~
clusions to which my mina has come after sst.S.
examination of this case
The complainant has exhibited . pateu, d,,t
25th of April 1865. THIS II prina facr evtdspes N
zoo title, ana puts on the respondents tLe Ia,
dan 4. Is4t ~ ia x.Id
neeu not repeat ny remarks iaine case Of Good.
year ". Day q Wall c. c. Rep, KY bu, nov
adopt them ailordins rule o decision witch A.
plies clearly 10 the present case.
As the infringement Of the pasent 10 sdmited
the only question will be a. to the validity Of ooS
plaiu.ulis patent OF April -, ls5S
ii was AFR speculation had been rslusedo
practice aud aitss repeated experiments. that q.
complainant succeeded In over omng the prtildla
aud ignorancc Of the people on the subject, sai
rer-uading the pub &c thal his invention was usfu
aft lie rad established its great utility and ,sus
and when his seni.s and patient psrssvsrapcs,i IN
CO siu, that Heed, VIM had before n.nde ei,sri
ments on he same subject and was unsucc, eshl
and afer hufcha-ln ing one Ur more CO mp lanauts tot
pedOes, he appi on tie Let of Novcu bsr, !S,
Tor pate for Substantially the same coutins
ons Of devic,s and machine con- aimed IN eoupAn
ants patent; On the 18th of the same monA Ae
respondents formed thetnss ives into coupsas or
cor. Grafton call,d The heed Torpedo CCnpsny'
the purpose Of piiatiig the con plainanish'
and thus defraud him of the fruits. They hass ps,
served, even after tho preLmsry ipiupcti.l very
properly granted BY tie 1,i-,rict Judre:
Let deeres be entersd for cOnI lainai for sp,.
petua injunctioI; and Naster, appdnis " iake
4. Z. GklER, Jucc
NorE-The passags referred to bv Judge Gherh
his former decision, Wallace, p 2s9. sdop'sd "
app icabie to this case was ~ follows:
'lt is usually the case, whsA any valuable dlsesE
cry is made, or any new machine Of great utility b
invented that the attention Of the public has b~i
turned to that subject previously, and that mary
persons have been making researches and eIpsfS
ments. Philosophers and msehanicians ma! hHs
IN some III, ssure anticipated In their speeuiusss
.he possibility or probability Of such diseo,e,yM o.
invention; many experiment. have beeL succestL
y tiled, coming very near. yet falling short y ~
desired result. They have produced nothing INT
fcai The invention Whsl perfected msy trulyN
said to be the eliminating point OF MANY e1ex'
men =, not on y by the inventor, but by many oa'
ors tie may have profted Indirectly by the uniue
cessful experiments and failures Of Others, but y
the profit OF the successful inventor II is wns
spec ulation has been reduced ~ practice, when e.
perrin, mt has resulted In discovsry. and vheH snE
discovery ha. been perfec,ea BY patient .na sSn.,
manufacture or machine hiss been thu pfodnees
which Is useful to the pu blic shat the party maknG
becomes apublic benefaCtOr and entitled n paen'
And yet when genius and patient psrssvsnisss
have at length succeeded, IN spite Of spesrs ~
SCOTS, some vpluabls invention or dseo"ery, ~
seldom 10 IL followed by reward Envy ross ni
Of the h4eor, whiis speculators, swindiers, na E
rates rob him ef the proats. Every unssefe,ar. ~,
sxperimcnter who did or did or did nst come ,d!
near making discovery now claims Il. EvefJ -
who can invent an Improvements or vary ih S;I,
claims right to pirate the original discovery: W
need not summons morse, o. blanchard, Or s ~
ry great discovery or invsntion. All.
"1he present case sods snothsr chAptei V y.
long and uniform histssy. .n-2 Wsllsesl G.
ports p. 9s3