The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-02-01
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TORPLDO
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM 7ORPEnu rp.(
Office nj the
RED FLAMING Mill
Cor or OF Pine and second s,,s.,.
Near the Ra,,roadJ
T1TUsVlLLE, Pa.
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AS write with difficulty can only state tho m.
clusions TO which my mind has come af ar o,, ~
examination oi this case. ''u
The complainant has exhibited a naten, as.,i
18th of April, 1865. This il prma facie eyidsnc.o ~
good title, and puts on the respondents The br,
den OF proof that the patent is void or worlhles,
neei not repeat my remarks i'll the case Of (,,oi
year VI Day u Wall, &. Z. Rep .ggl but nav
adopt them as alording rule OF decision Which AZ.
plie- clearly TO the present case.
AS the Infringement of the patent is adm,th
the only question will be to the validity Of oo1
plainanls latcnt OF Aplil 2J.ls5S
Il was after speculation had been reduced IN
Practice and aflr repeated experiment. thdtb
complainant succeeded in over CONT o the prtiuScs
and ,guO ance of tie pee lie on tn. subie,L and
rer -uadil the puniic a LI, invention -. u.fl
al 4 lie mad e,taDllsl 10 it, gieit utility yalna
ami when his genius and p ti,nt pen a.pce, in
y e y cers ~ scOt-, were omp,ttk suc
&c siul, llat Reed, who hJd before NJ d exper.
mtnts Oh he same subject and was unsuce siul
and amer hr cha M one 81 more comp amul's stG
=. -ues. he app Il Ca tie l>t of Noy,u ber, N,
Tor q p. ottio suosJ TALLY the .ame cunlila
~ 81 Crvil,s tLC iAuch'ur con q lie d in comp ain
AL p.,'u,; On he loll f the same monh The
re .. q ais formed tue use IVES inlo cUupal, OF
Cot tration ca I'D - H. he,o lorI edo lumlar,,i
The purpose tf p latiig the Cuirp; .nail : in
,rntoi ard supporting tue eApeI ste OF 1t gatiun,
and us teligGd hun ofthe iluls 1ney lave le!.
served even at er the prcnsy injuuctl yey
properly giantcd by tit istiict judge:
Let degree be enlei'd for CONT ginii raper
potua injuu zion; and Master, appoinie to take
ah account az oiding TO line payer ofthe.bil
H. Z. GIuEk, JuGgs
NoTE,-The passage referred to by Judge Grier in
his former deci- On, . Wallace, p. 2gg adopted d;
app cable to this case waJ as follows.
sit is usually the case, when any valuable dheOy.
cry is made, or any new machne of grai mi IT. is
invented. that tncattention OF the public ha. be,r
turned to that subject prev Uusly and thai niiy
persons have be N making ieseAce, aBt eAltr.
ments Ph lOsupltrs ana mechnbiciaiis MAS lave
N some INT Assure anticipated IN their sptcuati0n-
s..e possibility or probability Of srth discovery OF
inventions; many experiments lave bteL sucGesslu'-
ly tIied coming veiS near. Vet failing short VI the
desired result They have produced nothing best'
hcia The Invention whe' perfected may tuy
said to be the eliminating point OF many exfer'
men ;, not Only by the inventor hut by many ull'
Ors lie may hav, proiited indirectly by the lnslc'
ce-sfu experiments and failures OF Others, Dll y
give. them no right to cam share ol the hchOr d
TIE profit OF the successful inventor IL Is Whta
spec uaton has beeu reduced tu practice, wien .A'
pertinent has resulted In discovery and when ta'
discovery ha- been peltt led 10y patient ana eOh'il
ued experiments, when zpme new cIGpoHlu, ~'
manu- acture, or maciM has been thus prOdueel
which is useful to thepu uoc, that the party mnhll..
becomes apublic benriactOr and entltledto pa'el
SAND YET when genius and patti nj ptTse'ei"ltt
nave at length succeeded, in spite oi rltei' aaa
>cotis some valuable invention or CISCO cry, igm
seldom IL il follow by reward Envy robs la
of the honor ~ hne si.eculaiors, swndles and p,
rates rob him of .he profits. Every utsucce.sIal
exp.rimen,er who did or did or dio lot cone WI!
near making discovery now claims H. EVER un'
who can invent an Improvement or vary Its mrn,
claims "a right to iraie the original discovery. We
n-ed not summons Orse, or blanchard OF "Uu
worth to prove that this is the usual history oil eve
nv great discovery or invention. ,.;
.Ihe uresent case auds another chapter to TINS
long and uniform history - Wallace. Y
ports p. "