The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-07-22
THE KEELY MOTOR, AGAIN.
A Statement from One of the Holders
Of the Secret.

A SCaEeulcut lNOHI VuO VI tkIO hoAUCA .
Of the Secret.
Further particulars in relation to the
Keely motor, which has been referred to
by most of the leading newspapers OF the
country, have been given to the Times by
Mr.. Sergeant, of the firm of Sergeant &
Cuttingworth, of this city. According to
the statements of this gentleman, the
newly discovered power is inevitably de-
stined to revolutionize the entire me-
chanical world and render possible, and
even easy, feats which seem now beyond
the power of the most perfect machinery
in the world. Guns are to be fred by
the same power that drives the ship that
carries them; explosions are to be rem
dered comparatively harmless; engines
of 5000 horse power are to be construct
ed so as to occupy no more space than an
ordinary steam engine, and all the mar
wells which are accomplished by steam
are to be performed with infinitely
greater ease by the cold vapor evolved
from air and water The widest dreams
of the Arabian story-teller seem COM
monplace when compared with the mar
yels that are promised in this newl y dis
covered force of nature, if the statements
of a well known business man of good
standing, and of high repute as a scien-
tiic inventor, are to receive the credence
that would be given to them on any other
subject. AL the difficulties naturally to
be expected in learning the use of so tre-
mendous an agency have been encount-
cred in the experiments that have been
made with this. New tools have been
made with which the parts of a new en-
gine are being fashioned for the use of
the motive power. Metal has been made
especially for its construction. A new
scientific vocabulary has been fashioned
to express the operations hitherto. un-
known in mechanics, and perfect success
has attended the experiments made thus
far.
Mr.. Sergeant says: One year ago to-
day I began an investigation into the
powers and properties of What is termed
the Kelley motor. I was at first an utter
sceptic, knowing that the things which
were claimed for it were utterly opposed
to all my scientific teachings, and that
according to all that was known On the
subject, the claims of Mr.. Keely were ar
rantly absurd. But / had some curiosity
on the subject, and, being applied to by
a number of persons, some OF whom we're
pecuniarily interested in the discovery,
and all of whom desired careful investi-
CATION to be made, concluded to 60 to
PHILADELPHIA and examine it as an ex-
pert. They offered to pay my expenses
while did this, but I preferred to pay
them myself, and did so. Mr.. Keely
claimed that he was able, by the utiliza-
tion of power coming from the con-
sumption of air and water, to produce a
pressure of thousands of pounds to the
square inch, and do it Immediately, al
most instantaneously. 1 was incredu-
lous, and the surroundings made me still
more so. said to Mr.. Kelley that in
the introduction of all the great inven-
tions or discoveries Of which l had ever
heard, the discoverer had had great trou-
bles to persuade people to listen to him,
and greater yet to persuade any one to
invest money in the novelty. But here
this was reversed. People were invest
ing money in something of which they
knew nothing except what he chose to
say about it. That of itself looked sus-
picious to me, and the extravagant stories
which he told convinced me of the fallacy
of believing him. He was
VERY JEALOUS OF HIS SECRET.
He would not for long time admit me
TO see what he was doing that l might
investigate the matter. 1t was only after
a strong pressure had been brought to
bear on him that he consented to do as
much as let me see him work, and when
this was at length accomplished by the
Intervention of his friends who were in
terested in the invention, he had in the
room a man named Beckel, who has
worked for him a number of years, who
would be able to testify, if need be, that
on such day he (Keely) had exhibited
his invention to me. And so great WAS
his anxiety to keep the secret that the
very stockholders were kept out OF the
room while we were together, and their
counsel, coming to the closed doors,
knocked, and was answered by Mr..
Keely, who would not admit him.
said to him that if he would, in the
way he described, show me, not press
ure of thousand of pounds, but of hun.
dred pounds to the square inch, produced
Immediately, I would believe that he
had a new Invention. He showed me at
once pressure of thousand pounds
I was confounded. I dared not believe
him, even although / had told him that
I would. thought he must have some
kind of seidlitz powder concealed some
where, OF some gun-cotton, or nitro-glyce-
rine, or some other powerful explosive:
examined closely, expecting to find
some little pea somewhere that would ex-
plain the wonder to me. 1 found none,
and yet was not convinced, even by see
ing. The thing was too wonderful for
me. But I continued my Investigations
until [
FOUND NO ROOM FOR ANY FURTHER
DOUBT.
I did more. After being with Mr..
Keely for long enough time to solve all
my doubts, 1 went away and consulted
with Others. I went especially to one
man whose name would be instantly re-
cognized, if should tell it, as that of a
scientist known al! over the country.
He was sceptic, as had been. [ told
him what l had seen. He heard me
through, and told me must be deceived
that Mr.. Keely was using some chemical
of which he kept me in ignorance. lie
thought at first from my descriptions,