South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-06-25

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and certifes that the "absence OF heat,
electricity or galvanic action as result
ants. together with the negative quail
ties of the produced gas or vapor, lead
me 10 the conclusion that the result. al
legged to have been produced, was by
some agency or power not known ut pres
ent TO CHEMISTS
The opportunities for the acquisition
OF knowledge by this Jefferson College
Professor seem to have been very limited
We have given above the latest sc.
counts of this latest attempt TO impose
upon the credulity the public, rs writ
ten by the parties themselves and back
| ed by their willing assistants. The de-
| ccptions OF the whole scheme are so trans
| parent that it hardly seems credible that
| persons or sane minds can be found who
are willing TO invest. Nevertheless, we
hear from reliable source that quite a
number Of we'll known business men
In one instance were told so by the par
ty himself. lie had paid five thousand
dollars down. and fully believed the
thing to be great discovery. and ex.
pected to realize large fortune from
his Investment. On all other subjects
this gentleman was rational and intelli.
gent but in respect to the Keely mo.
tor he was badly hallucinated. He was
present at the trial above referred to.
saw 1000 lbs. on the gage, and came a.
way perfectly satisfied.
The question is asked: How could so
great pressure rs 1000 or 10000 lbs.
per square inch be produced. allowing
that II really was exhibited as stated?
We think that any ingenious mechanic.
by means of ahy1raulic jack and small
pipe, could readily produce and exhibit
such pressure, and could. by turning
faucet, drive whirligig for the space Of
sixty seconds, or from 9 :0S p. NJ. to
9:09 p. NJ, as the learned counsel
gravely reports.
Keely, it will be noticed, talks about
his studies regarding the force of col
umns OF water, and describes the use
of water pressure i'm his generator"
'multiplicator," receiver" etc. Well,
now, Keely might. If he wanted to, get
up an honest show of air pressure by ar
ranging n series OF short water tubes so
as TO concentrate the combined weight
OF their water against air confined in
suitable chamber. Allowing, for exam
pie, that he had ten communicating wa.
ter tubes, each holding n cubic foot or
62 TBS. OF water, he might, by turning a
faucet, fill the tubes from the hydrant |
and concentrate 620 Tbs. weight on the |
confined air, which, if conducted to a !,
gage, would indicate 620 lbs. pressure {; |
TINS air might drive n small wheel from |
:0S L. Nj. to Q :09 i. NJ; it would |
moreover be a cold vapor, without smell |
nor taste; it would blow out q candle. |
but not burn there would be no noise |
except that of running water; there
would be no residuum save air and wa. |
ter; no heat, electricity, or chemical &C.
ton would be involved.
a curious arrangement Of water and |
air tubes, in which, by turning faucets
the water weights are concentrated, pro-
ducing pressure, was illustrated and de-
scribed in the Scientific A,nerican of A.
pril 4. 1868, page PIP. 1t was patented
by James X. Cole, of Tennessee, De.
cember 10, 1867, rs water elevator
1t might be bad for Keely, if he should
prove to be an infringer of this patent
There is also patented arrangement
OF mercurial tubes for concentrating the
weight of mercury and air columns in
an analogous manner. We allude to
Quinn's patent steam gage, 1866. 1t is
possible that Professor Rand, Professor
ilaswell, Chief Engineer Rutherford, II. I
5. N. Chief Engineer Wood, u. S. NJ.
and other advocates ofthe Kelly motor,
are not acquainted with these devices.
One of the strangest Developments
connected with the Keely motor is the
implicit faith which many gentlemen, in
this community, oftried experience and
business capability, have given to the
enterprise. They have yielded not only
faith but their money. We can account
for this only by supposing that they
mistake mere pressure for motive power.
But mere pressure is not motive power,
it is simply resultant Of motive power.
a very slight motive power, if sufficient
ly long continued and properly applied,
may produce the greatest pressure. A
weight of only single pound, hung up
on the extremity OF suitable lever, is
sufficient to produce pressure, at the
end Of the lever, OF 10, 900 MS,
or more. to the square inch. To per-
sons not familiar with the laws of me.
chanics land this, we think, is probably
the situation of most Of the X eely inyes.
tors, the exhibition of gage, showing
10000 pounds pressure, might readily
be regarded rs proof positive Of an cnor-
nous power behind the gage whereas the
actual power, concealed from view, might
be only weight OF one pound.
In cases OF this kind, when n body is
lifted or pressure produced, the in
quirer should take pains to ascertain
what the extent Of the original moving
power or weight is. IT this precaution
be taken, the falsity Of motors like Kee-
ly's may be Mt once detected. In the
example Of Keely, tho certificate Of Col
Tier shows that hydrant force Of 264
pounds to the inch is always required TO
run the machine. This force, II applied |
to common wheel or engine. would |