E. W. Bliss Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke
In this suit compensation is sought from the Government for the use which it made of a patented “super-heater,” in connection with Whitehead torpedoes.
A “superheater” is a device in which fuel is burned in the compressed air which drives the motor by which a torpedo is propelled through the water, so that the air is heated to such a degree that its energy is greatly increased, with the result that the range of the use of the torpedo is much extended.
The Court of Claims interpreted the petition as containing a claim that the defendant had contracted to pay appellant for fifty “superheaters ”…
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