The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-01-27
.OBERTs PETROLEUM M

TORP EDOES,
THE ROBERTS @5f
PETROLEUM TORPEDO CO.
Office at the
RED PLANING Mill
Cor er Of Pine and second x,..,.
Near the HsaiiroadW
TITUsV1LLE, PA.
Owing to the large and increasing demand s,.,
Roberts 1Orpedoe~ and the late decisnn oS .a ae
patent and the decision Of Judsc h t;tss. "ssa
talning the Roberto pateat they lave HWSHSn
the prIoe Of their Torpedo<S ""1V
TWENTY PER CENT.
20 that every operator can aroea /. U, A r......,
before abandoning Well. S
The following Ia the asciSioo ssudessd b, ia.
Grier on the twenty .seCvnU (x1) dAy Of ss,s.r,N
l6y, IN tie United states Circuit CvuIt A. FLIsS.
phia The case Was axxusd three days by tHs,,..
NJ. Keller VI New York, y. q Lucas and =. a ~.
viance Of Pittsburgh, fot defendants, snd Cas,s.
Harding oI thiiauelph.s. and George H. h,i.v
Pittsburgh, for pis'nut. ""
2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ,
As write with difficulty cal, ...., .o,,. ~,
clusions TO which my mind has come after csrsfu
examination OF this case
18th Of April, 1860 This Is prima facr eydeprs m
good title, aud puts on the respondents the I'm,
den of proof thai the patent is void Or worthless
need not repeat my remarks in The case of Good.
year vs. Day u Wall, g. C. Rep; 229,) but now
adupt them stOrding rule oi dsCision vLeh an.
plies clearly TO the esent csse.
Az the infringement OF the patent, Is admitted
the onl! question will be as 20 the validity Of cor
plainnnis patent OF April u, ,ls5s.
81 was after speculation had been reduced to
practice, and afhr repeated experime,i,s ih. th
complainant .pCceeded In over cOnig ihe priudIce
and iguOance OF the people on the sublett and
| rersusDiI the public TIA his invention wa usfu
aft he lad established its great utility ami value
and when his genius and pttiert perseverance, In
spite O. rieers nu SCOTS, were ,omy..,ey sue
&C siul, thar Reed, whu hnd trfo,e made exper.
mtnts oll he sHmG sublcc and was unslcc tstu,
and atIer ti,ing one ug more compaiuau. tot
peaoes, he apple IN itelsi Of November, 1867,
tor pte i"t sub-tani' ily the came combiua
ms u devices and uach.ue contained In Complain,
an. pa l-nt; On the 10Th VI the same mOnlh the
ie.pond,.,te formed III 'nse ives into COMPANY OF
cor GRAFTON called - ! ne heed Torpedo COmpsnv,
I r the pY'poso of latlng The complainant In
yeniion ~ supporting the eXpensee OF litigation,
anu tuus Il .raud him OF the fruits They have per-
I. we'd even amer the prcl.ma.y njuncti. very
vi pei! granted by tit ..isiric judge
Let degree he entered for conf laina, for per.
petual injun c,iuD; and Master, sppoine TO lake
AL account az. dingiy TO The payer q the.bill.
r. c. GklEk. Judgs.
.Nors The passage referred to BY Judge Gh.s u
his former decis'On, y Wallace, p. ~. adopted "
app iCabe to this case was as follows:
DIT IL usually the case, when any valuable diseos
cry is nade or amy neY machine OF great utility %
invented, that the affection Of the public has bsef
persans have been making researches and expsn
mems. Philosophers and mechanicians may have
IN some MEASURE anticipated in their speeuatons
..e possibility or probability OF such discovery OF
invention; many experiments have besi successful
y tiled, coming very near. yet falling short o. the
desired result. They have produced nothing oeu'
iciai The invention whe' perfected may uuly's
s.id TO he the oul minatiDg point OF MANY exlI
| men =, not only by the inventor. hut by many OH
| Ors. lie may have profted Indirect! by the qhsuf
ce-sful experiments and failures of Others, but =
gives them no right to clam share Of the hcnor u
the prof, OF the successful inventor II is whH
speculation has been reduced to practice, wheu ta
pertinent ha. resulted In discovery and when tla
discovery ha. been perfected by patient ana eonil
| ued experiments, when some new compound Al.
manufacture or machine has been thus plla pfGoueeaa
which 10 useful to bic that the party h'a..
becomes apubic beneiactor and entitledlo la,m
"And yet wien genius and patient perse's'anNets
have at length succeeded, in spite OF -ln err snu
SCOTS. some valuable invention or disco'ery, lsw ,
seldom Is IL followed by reward Envy foos DIV
Of the honor whiis specuators, swndles. mu
rates rob him OF the profits. Every ailsucse,s ssv
experimenivr who did or did or did not come va!
near making u discovery now claims 1t. Eyer! um'
who can invent an Improvement or vary ils 'o,M,
claims right to iral~ the original disco'a!w !wo~S
need moi summons \ orse, or Blanchard or wooa
worth to prove that this is the usual history Of e's
~ gr-ai discovery or invention. ,,.
"rhe present case xods another chapter y ~ y.
long and uniform history.'-2 Wallace. v
80 N =