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OGee Cd Charles II. Haswcl. Civil Engineer
and City Surveyor, Consulting and Super
l1-en-ins Engineer, NJ. g BJwling Green.

Office o Charles H. Haswcl. Civil Engineer
and City Surveyor, Consulting and Super
i1-en-ing Engineer. NJ. g Bowling Green.
NEW YoaS, juno 25th, l,75.
Dar Sr Although | am indi-Po-ei to
make any communication regarding the
heely Motor until It's clements of operation
are made known to me, | cannot refuse 10
reply TO yourquerie- a. to the nature AMI
extent Of such Of its operations as have come
under my observation and my deductions
taerelrom.
l-t nave witnessed the Development by
Mr.. Neoly Of a COLI yapor void OF pangency
or % temperature in excess If tie surround
Ing atmosphere. having an expansive energy
"a fully $3.50 jos. Per square inch, Us tested
hy ley measurements and co,.f a'atioa> there
on.
I'd. have been present when Mr.. Keely
has apr ,ieda Ike yapor to an Ashcroft gauge.
and the index pointed to pressure of TO-
Gee pounds pcr square inch. and upon writ
ius to M Ashcroft 20 advise myself o.. his
capacity To make ~uci a gauge, BE replied
that he had made gauges that wonid nii-
cate such pressure, and that he Lad deliver
cd ~oa.c OF them at Philadelphia.
"a. have satisfied myself fully and con-
clu~rely that the instrument OF Mr.. keely
was operated wholly independent of any ex-
terfal attachment other than that oia chain
suspension and a flexible connection wiki
water service PIPE.
4th. | have seen double cylinier engine
. by inches operated by like yapor from
are-ervoir through a conducting pipe eight
.eet in length, and having bore OF bat one
tenth of IN iuch diameter, although it was re-
sisted by friction load equal to 225n pounds
ler square inch, and which engine indiyii-
uaily operated for a period of fifteen minutes
without any visible reduction in It's speed,
OF indication 0f the exhaustion OK the intcn-
sity OF the yapor in the reservoir from which
the supply is drawn.
jth. / have seen reservoirs which were
said to contain yapor NJ pre'sureS of 5000
and l0,tu0 pounds per square inch, and in
volumes of two and twcngy-siX gallons, but
NY only means Of verifying such pressure
were in the cperation Of the engine and indi-
cation Of tie steam gauge referred 10.
oh. | am of the conviction that the yapor
is not generated by any chemical composition
or heat, or that it is atmospheric air COM
pressed by an external connection.
III. | was present upon one occasion only
when Mr.. keely c->ayed an ''expu.sion, Is
he terms it, that j., the operation Of ecner
atiag the yapor, and the result was not Suiii-
ciently conclusive whereon to base conviction
Of its integrity, although the imperlection
Of the Development was very reasonably at
iribute1 10 the imreTiectiou- %! the original
and crude instrument OF generation.
In conclusion, my assertion in tie commu-
niCation referred 20 was, that J have never
endorsed the integrity Of the keely motor,
ana INV declaration IS | &c not now do it,
ami for the manifest reason tina; ain wholly
ignoranj of the manner in which the yapor
IS .enertied, and 10 the consideration of
physical operation, | coulG not, in the af-
sen e Of q knowledge Of its elements. en-
dorse the declaration of any one.
Ny position has been coniined 10 reporting
that which have seen. | have said, how
ever. and now write, that Mr.. kccly has
submitted to me q cold yapor Of an expansive
energy Of fully 900 lbs. per square inch,
that in IL character and in the Instrument
of it, generation it is wholly novel, and that
if he eau generate it with the facility.
economy. density. and continuity that he
declares. that he has arrived at \ result
hitherto unattained, ard one that is a. valu-
able a. it's novel, but, until am in the
possession OF the elements Of generation of
thi, yapor, can not arrive at any salts
factory conclusions a. to It's merits.
l am very respectfully, yours, &c,
CHARLES II. HAswELL.
Charles B. Collier. Esq, Philadelphia.