Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-07-24

the destruction Is caused byT ii" sud sud- \
den and mssgvcll9us ilcrfc increase Of pres
u,e which occurs at the ,lh !, moment ST
explosion, i!on, irl'is is is po, 4, unaefytoea.
scientifically, J, BIT the fact remains that1
when q boiler cxplodes. under. "A press
ure OF thirty or fop!y poupls!at t),s
instant Of the explosion, there will be
pressure of10,00O pounds on The sud-
den libtN,tion Of The steam, and it is
this which causes the da,nage which
results Nov, w;tl, the KorIy hibtor,
it is entirely different. supposing
there should oc, from some defect in
the machinery, an explosion, and the
motor suddenly liberated, By its cx;i.(
pansidn it would be condensed to
water, and no l;,mage would be lone
The Kccly motor'hot oily will do
the work Of steam, ,.but is'applicabIeto'
all purposes iitr which gnIpowder is
,lscd, anuis t.gr ,..c si. ,sairr
FAR surEnIoR TO GUfPpwDER -.
or any other explosive known. We
have n rifle fr5@n, which wies haivvo fred
hundreds of bullets with it, and these
experiments have demonstrated. lis
superiority to gmrpowder. 1t is well
understood tliati the force Of The gassrs
genern;c by the expulsion OF powder
lessons as the ibal} tir:tv;tcis to,n its way
through thebarrel, and thatifthc' lar
rel were long enough, apar,ia! vacu-
lin! would bc.;foun,l behind tile ball i
The, study Of the subject bas led to The.
experiment Of exploding three or forr
cartridges in succession behind the
hall, us: it travels thr6Igh the barrel
BY this means tren,entl6us impetus
can be given to heball, rs has boon
repeatedly demonstrated. by cxpcri7
mcnt. But the pressure Of, thc KcclY
motor is continued np to the time the.
ball leaves the muuzz:le Of ;hc, gun,
when Of co,,rsel5y furlhci''cepan!kion
the motor is condensed to &aferii'F ! ~ ~
I. Onctoftl,c' remarkable thiiig. aiiolii
1 the [:EseIy motoi.iis thhtit eai,tira;s 80 A,S
transmitted mt Il lower pressure tlfssnI Nh
1000 pounds. It can be used, OF
course, ut Il lower pressure after ills
put in actin. 1t can hc rrgi,lalctl like
| - :, .
stcam, Observation-Disclosures less than
l,000 pounds pressure causes its con
'iensatioil. 1t is like steam III tllis rcE-i rctEi
pect, only, Of course, the pressure nj
which it can he transmitted is mucl,
higher than that Of steam. This,lis.
poses at ones oftl,e absurd allegation
that it does some certain things ut a
pressure, hut that it Is doubtful
whether it will work at high presslirc.
The time will certainly come when
our gunboats will be 4 '.'1.-n aI
WORKED by TIE SAME POWER WHICH,
WILL FIRE THEIR GUNS.
After This power hal. been .disceyer-1
cd i'y Mr.. keely,a copartncrship was,
first inr'scd and lhe continued his
experiments. Atterward Joint stock
company WAS organized though the,
instrumcntalityjo Of Sir. Charles 3, Col
licr, who is now one of tile four mon
who know what the motor is. The
four are Mr.. kecly, his workman,
Bcckel, Mr., Collier and myself. A ter
this stock company was organized, it
was resolved to offer Limited amount
of the stock for sale. The amount was
fixed ut $4,000 worth, and l offered
to take it all myself. This was, how,
ever, objected to, as there were other
parties who wanted to i,uy stick, and
it was thought nol hest for one person
to have more than limited amount.
Another company has been organized
il New England, which has purchased
the privilege to buy the patent for the
six New England States. They have
paid the first inssta'llmenti9f The pur-
chase money for the, privilege, which
is $4,000, and they have two other
payments TO make ofthe same amount.
When these are paid, they will have
the right to buy the assignment Of the
patent for those six States, paying for
it onc-half Of their capital stock. The