, 1875-06-20

! OF heat, chemicals, or electricity
The sab1ecs vas the Keeiey Motor" an
it in public lifeiu Washington and has mort
recently gained reputation for able 1terasl
work.-not ths sort Of person At atf to be carried
away by enthusiasm for an np1acticable invsn'
ton or deceived by mechaniclan'a trick
"iour faith in this marvellous thing gives me-
just Rlimme1ing OF confidence in IT." answer
! ed. II shall no longer dia.niss the extraordi.
nary reports afoat about Mr.. Keeley's machine
as unworthy OF notice. Pray tell me- upon vha!
| information you base your belief that your
friend has discovered nsv and myste1ious
| force?"
| Upon perBoual knowledge I hare witness.
| ed his experiments far more than three years
have not only seen the operations of this force
but believe have some CONGESTION Of the sci.
entidd principle that undsrltes it,
And do you mean to say that By passing I
| few gills Of water through collection OF hollow
cylinders and pipes, m expansive power
| 0REATEn THAN THAT OF 5TEAM
is createdf"
II do. Air and water are all that 20 into thu
generator, and With these materials by meant
purely mechanical pressure Of / 600 toms IL
produced in Less .tan TO seconds time"
! You might a. we'll tell me that you have :
yourself over the Tribune tower ia New York b,
your boot-straps.' What yon say iB absurd"
! That admit" replied the advocate Of TIT
new motor: ''Ail scientific men say it s inapos~
| slbie that tue machine at1outd do shat We claim
-ont shen u Goes II al The same In ten ual,ls
| ties it will produce power enough to run q Id
horsa power engine for twensy-four hours"
! Lev ne catecoEo you httie.
very "su. puE foefe are aoma aueatlons
| have no right to answar," said the gentleman.
wlth posltl7eness soas sno"sd Ne mnans to b4
| on bis guard
.sIs The expansive force gasa"
"No; We call 1t
vApoR-
At low pressures, or rather On 'low lines, as vi
say, for We have to coin expressions to apply ta
entirely new phenomena, it ia opaque like steam,
| condenses to water as rapidly a. steam, aud has
| about tho SAME specific grasisF; but on high
lines it is as drv rs the atmosphere. Invisible,
! taateiess odorless, and non- n-iraamnuab1e. It il
also enduring, and has been Eeps in ,ecepsaciea
five weeks It time without losing anv Of it's en-
ersy. In fact it could be stored up for year
and possess as much energy whom freed aa when
frat confined"
What amount of pressure can be developed
from given quactisy OF water 7"
Three hundred tons from single eil', is
near enough approximation. Mr.. kee'ay haa
never ventnred to extract the utmost possible
force."
Pursuing my line Of cross-axalnination, AK
ed II look at the inside OF the mulkiplicator
as the force generating engine is called. wuuId
reveal the principle upon which it works.
'.Afser yon had examined it you would know
no moro than before, ha repliod. .Tha vital
ityof the machine lies In little apparatus which
could be put in the vaist-coat pocket and sa tha
principle governing it's action is
ENTIRELY BEYOND THg PRESENT ZEN or scryycx,
an examination Of tha 1nechanical davica wonld
not be Ike1y 10 Give claw to tha s,xrat ;,
4+Haye you anr objections to telline Whit ie,7
1fr. KesIay Ia mako tha dlscorerv )"
!. M. obiaction whateyer gnma t;,na ron
after msuy years Of experimenting. Mr.. Keafsy
constructed what he called the bvdfu-pueumatic-
pulsating vscuo. .ensite-an invention auth-
ciently wonderful ia itself to have piyen him A
world. d.wide reputation, but although aprodigious
advance teyond the steam engine, It was a. a
dwarf to giant relatively to the discovery to
which it's Workings led. 7 first 1aw this mschine
in 1872. ii the bathroom Of Mr. Keeley's house
on Ogden street in this city, which he had turned
into d workshop. It Was small, vertical euufna
Of three-horse power, operated BY the pressure
OF cir and water in connection wistf a vacuum
chamber antfa cylinder. The dsviee for produce
iug vacuum and shifting desperation from tbs
chamber to the cylinder and back, was OF such
ingenuity as to stamp Mr. ESelsy
inventive genius. To set thid
engine 10 motion tue hs's operation WIS to ex-
hauae the aar from vertical drum With an air
pump. Water WAS then let into the lower part Of
the apparatus from the hydrant through small
gutta,p percna eune "nich had neen CUT ID two and