The daily gazette., 1875-06-22
The Ne 10 Motor.

The Scieati;c AMERICAN Ia very skepti
tical in regard to the wonderful motiv
power claimed to have been invented b,
one heely. Of Philadelphia. and Of whioi
the most marvellous results are antici
pated by Intelligent mechanics who have
examined it and shrswd capitalists who
nave invested their money in it. The
Scientific American maintains that The
mere exhibit Of an enormous pressure
on the steam guage is not sufficient proof
OF the discovery Of any new or astonish.
ing power. 1t thinks that any ingenious
mechanic. by means Of hydraulic Jack
and small pipe. could readily produce
and exhibit such O pressure. and could.
BY turning faucet. drive whirligig
for the short space Of time. to which Mr..
keely,s demonstrations have been limit
ed: The same journal further says:
keely talks about his studies regard
ing the force Of columns of water and
describes the use OF water pressure in
ceiver." etc. Well. now, keely might. il
he wanted to. get up an honest show Of
ar pressure BY arranging o series of
Snort water tubes 80 as to concsnfrHts
the. combined weight Of their water
against air confined In suitable cham
Der. Allowing. for example. that he had
ten communicating water tubes, each
holding a cubic foot or 62 lbs. of water.
ne might. by turning faucet. fill the
tubes from the hydrant and concentrate
go Lbs: weight ON the confined air, which
II conducted to q guage, would indicate
620 lbs. pressure; this air might drive q
small wheel from 9:O8 D. m. to 800 D. m:
it would moreover be cold yapor. with
out smell nor taste; 1t would blow out /
candle. but not burn there would be no
noise except that Of running water
there would be no residuum save air and
water; no heat, electricity or chemical
action would be involved.
1t Is admitted that many gentlemen /
of experience and capacity have ex.
amined Mr.. Keely's invention critical
ly and have testified to their faith in it /
both by public commeRdation and
private aid Of his enterprise. As for
these, says our scientific authority:
We can account only by surprising
that they mistake mere pressure for
motive power. But mere pressure
Is not motive power, 1t Ia simply a re-
sultant OF motive power. A very slight
motive power, II sufficiently long con
tinued and properly applied, may pro-
ouce the greatest pressure. A weight of
only single pound, hung upon the
CAhChAlty VI SQlIdwl6 lever. 1B Gn11l- L
cient TO produce pressure, at the op-
posite end of the lever, of ten thousand
pounds or more to the square inch. To
persons not familiar with the laws of
land this, we think, is prob. |
ably the situation of most of the Keelv
investors), the exhibition of gauge.
showing ten Thousand pounds pres
sure, might readily be regarded as
proof positive of an enormous power
behind the gauge; whereas the actual
power might be only a weight of one
pound. |
These theories are said to explain all
that has boon cortif1ad to AZ yEf rex,ara II
ing the wonderful new motor, and It Is
predicted that when its power
Is applied to and tested with anything
greater than toy engines, Its falsity will |
be at once detected. However this NAV
be, the public need not wait long as the
of drawing a train from
Philadelphia to New York by means
Of the new motive power will soon be
made