The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-08-05
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KEELY'S MACHINE.
The First Accurate Description OF Its
Construction.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times
Cheap production is one of the abso-
lutte needs and demands Of the age. The
nation and people that produce at the
minimum rate will command the maxi
mum share of the trade of the world, for
the very certain reason that cheap pro-
duction is followed by cheap sales, and
commands the markets Of all countries
at all times. In order to produce cheap,
a nation must have cheap labor, or its
equivalent in mechanical force In early
ages all work was hand-work. There
was no other power used. Then came
the employment of animals. Then water
was put in condition to aid man as q
motor, and that was followed by the
erection of mills to be driven by wind.
But the great aid to the progress of the
labor department of the world was steam.
That produced revolution of the most
vital character. One small engine was
equivalent to the labor Of scores of men,
and the cost of running such a machine
was comparatively trihing when COM
pared with the pay of the men rcpresen-
ted by its fruits. But as the price of fuel
advanced, the cost of steam as a motor
or driving power increased with even
pace, and thoughtful men began to in
quire whether some other combination of
elements could not be discovered which
would produce more power than steam,
and at less price to the producing COM
munity. That was a most important
problem to be solved. The whole indus
trial world was anxious to arrive at some
practical conclusions upon this point.
After years of experiments in relation
to this matter, both in the United States
and Europe, John W. Keely, native of
Chester county, machinist by profess
sion, claims to have hit upon the great
secret and put it in practical shape
His motor is a vapor of immense pressure,
which is created from small quantity OF
| water with a certain admixture OF air.
And this vapor or motor is produced by
simple mechanical means, through the
instramentality of device invented by
him and called multiplication. There
is no heat, electricity, galvanism or
chemical substance used, only air and
water, and these manipulated in the con-
trivance Of Mr.. Kcely. The multiplica-
tor is q series of iron chambers, of cylin-
drical form, connected by pipes and fur
nished by cocks and valves. 1t is about
thirty-six inches high, twenty -four inches
long and thirteen inches wide, and has
| capacity of seven gallons. At distance
of eight feet from the multiplication is
cylindrical wrought iron reservoir, six
inches in diameter and forty inches long.
This is connected with the multiplicator
by one-inch pipe. A stand-pipe of
brass, about two and a half inches in
diameter and three feet high, having a
spherical chamber at the bottom made in
two parts, is connected to the pipe unit
ing the multiplication and reservoir
The multiplicator is also connected with
a register of force, at twelve feet distance,
by q pipe one-tenth of an inch inside
diameter. This register of force consists
of a piston of one square inch area,
pressed down in a cylinder by lever.
A small beam engine stands about Six
feet from the apparatus, and a hydrant
cock connects the whole with the water
main from which supply is obtained.
This is a description of the machine
by which Mr.. Keely generates and de-
velops his new motor. Now, as to the
| operation and power of the contrivance.
| At the test exhibition of machine of
the size described, the inventor proceeded
to make an Expulsion" that is to devel-
op force or pressure from the multlpll-
Gator that would raise the weight on
force lever previously prepared, or IN
other words, to exert pressure of .36
| pounds to the square inch upon the valve
register piston, which, as before stated,
was connected by a tube of one-tenth of
an inch bore with the multiplicator.-
This was done by disconnecting the gutta-
percha tube, which led from the hydrant
cock to the multiplication, and blowing
from his lungs for brief time into the
nozzle upon the multiplicator, to which
this gutta-pcrcha tube had been connec-
| ted A cock was then shut upon the
nozzle, which closed its communication
with the atmosphere, the gutta-percha
tube reconnected, and the water from the
hydrant turned upon the multiplication.
This operation can be completed by other
means. But this is the most simple.
The operation was completed in about
two minutes after the attachments to the
hydrant had been made, by simultane-
ously opening two cocks upon tubes
which connect the first and second drums
and the second and lower drums OF the
multiplication, when the lever and weight
of the force register were raised by the
piston. There was no measurable inter
val of time between the turning of the
cock and the raising of the weight
The first propulsion raised the weights
about two and half inches. This pow
er, it is claimed, can be increased to al
most any given quantity to the square
inch, and thus its value enhanced as
driving motor. 1t is said that one pecu--
liarity of this yapor is that it can be used
to the best advantage when at very nigh
pressure per square inch, and that little
or no danger is to be apprehended from
employing it in such high state OF 1orce;
In this respect it differs from steam and
all other moving forces and agencies. In
order to attach an engine to this manu-
factory of force or power, short tube,
carrying upon its ends a reaction wheel,
having two arms about two and halt
inches long, with open ends turned in
reverse directions, so as to be revolved by
the reaction of an escaping f1uld, Is
screwed upon the end of the reservoir,
and put in motion by the manipulation
of the two cocks upon the generating