The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-21
The RecseJ MOtor--AlieSed Powers OIL
IhS Machine.

INVENTOR.
from the regular correspondent of the Trihune.1
PHILADELPHIA, June 10.-"It is the great
est invention OF this or any other age. IL
furnishes the power that will do the future
work Of the world-a power generated wttn-
out expense. by a simple mechanical contri-
vance, without the aid OF heat, chemicals, or
electricity"
The subject was the g." Kelley Motor" and
the speaker a man who formerly acted with
credit ia public life in Washington, and has
more recently gained reputation for able
literary work--not the sort Of person at all
to be carried away by enthusiasm for an i'm.
practicable invention or deceived by u me-
chanician's trick.
Your faith in this marvellous thing gives
me just glimmering Of confidence in it,"
answered. ~ shall no longer dismiss the
extraordinary reports afi pat about Mr. kee-
ley's machine as unworthy Of notice. Pray
tell me upon what information you base your
belief thar your friend has discovered new
and mysterious lorce?"
"Upon personal kno Wedge. I have wit
messed bis experiments for more than three
wears. have not only seen the operations
of this force, but believe have some concep-
ton Of the scientific principle that under
lies it.''
"And do you mean to say that by passing
a few gihs OF water through q collection OF
hollow cylinders and pipes an expansive
power greater than that Of steam is GRE
ated?"
ado. Air and water are all that 60 into
the generator and with these materials, By
means purely mechanical, pressure Of
1000 tons is produced in less than ten Sc
conds' time"
"You might as we'll tell me that you have
combination of levers by which you can
lift Yourself over the Tribune tower in New
York by your boot-straps. What you say is
absurd"
"That admit" replied the advocate Of
the new motor. "All scientific men say it
is impossible that the machine should do
what we claim; but then it does it all the
same. In ten minutes il Will produce power
enough TO run acknowledgements engine
for twenty.four hours"
"Let me catecbize you little"
every well; but there are SEINE questions
I have no right to answer" said the gentle
man with positiveness that showed he
meantto be on his guard.
sis the expansive force gas?"
enc; we call it yapOr. At low pres
sures, or rather on 'low lines as we say, for
we have 10 coin expressions 10 apply to en-
steam, condcnscs 10 water as rapidly as
steam, and has about the same specific gra-
yity: but on high lines it is as dry as the
atmosphere, invisible, taSteless, odorlcss,
and non-nialnmable. 1t is also enduring,
and has been kept in receptacleS five weeks
at 4 time without losing any OF its energy.
In fact it could lie stored up for years and
possess just as much energy when freed as
when first confined"
What amount Of pressure can be deyel-
oped from gwen quantity OF Water?"
"Fhree hundred tons from q single Gill is
a near enough approximation. Mr.. Kelley
has never ventured 10 extract the utmoS!
possible force"
Pursuing my line Of cross-examination, l
asked if look at the inside of the "multipli-
cator,'' rs the force generating engine is
called, would reveal the principle upon
which it works.
'sAfter you bad examined it you would
know 10 more than BEFORE" he replied.
The vitality of the machine lies in little
apparatus which could be put in the waist
coat pocket, and Us the principle governing
its action is entirely beyond the present ken
OF science, an examination OF the mechanical
device would not be likely to give clew to
the secret
"Have you any objections to telling what
led Mr.. kceley to make the dscovery:,'
"No objections whatever. Some time ago,
after many years OF experimenting, Mr.
kecley constructed what he called the n.y.
c-pu!sating .vacuo-engine -au
invention sufficiently wonderful in itself TO
have given him worldwide reputation, but
although 4 prodigious advance beyond the
Steam engine, it was rs dwarf TO giant
relatively 10 the discovery TO which its
lal + fitr -,
1872, In lie bathroom of Mr. Keeley's house,
on Ogden street, i'll this city, " hich he had
turned into q workshop. II was small yerti-
cal engine, of three horsepower, operated
by the pressure of air and ws'er in connec-
ton with vacuum chamber and cylinder.
The device for producing vacuum and
shifting its operation from tue cham.
Der 10 the cylinder aud back, was Of
such ingenuity rs TO stamp Mr.. Kelley as a
man Of the highest order oi inventive genius.
To set this engine in motion the frs opera,
ton was TO exhaust the air from Il vertical
drum With an air-pump. Water was then
let into the lower part Of the apparatus from
the hydrant through small guttapercba
tube. which had been cut in two and joined
by goose.quill, TO better show how small
the stream was. Within three minutes the
hy-wheei was revolving with extraordinary
velocity. The motion of the piston was sur
prisingly regular aud smooth. and there was
no noise except peculiar plunging sound as
the piston descended into the cy Under l was
greatly Impressed with this singular machine.
The absence of fire and all the surroundings
we are accustomed'to hear, see. and smell in
connection with Steam-eneines invested
it with on lmostsuprrnaural character, and
bad q half apprehension that ii would walk
off or strike me down, or do some other DIES.
perate or devllish thing. While experiment.
ing with this invention Mr.. Kelley discover
ed that be bad invoked from water aud air a
power be had not dreamed of. He abandon.
ed bis original plans and began investigating
the new spirit which he had summoned from
Natures laboratory. At last he found out
how to generate the new force, aud tried TO
test Its power. He applied it to gauge that
measured 500 pounds TO the square inch, but
the unknown force broke it In pieces. Then
he got $500 pound gauge with no better
success. At,erward, he made force-regis-
ter, with compound levers, and found that
his new power exerted a pressure of about
10000 pounds to the square inch"
My Informant went on to describe the in
Ventors efforts to subdue the demon he had
raised and make it work trac,ably. At first
be had to take his multiplication apart every
time he made an expulsion Of power. The
frst necessity was to make it auto matte in its
workings, SO that it would furnish 4 steady
supply OF force. This was accomplished
only very recently. An engine of peculiar
construction, adapted to be propelled by the
new motor, was next designed and made.
When the apparatus was completed and
worked satisfactorily the next step was To
build LARGER n