The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-22
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Mr.. Cowles, one OF the etlitors of the
his paper describing a trial which he
witnessed in Philadelphia of experiments
with new motive power, discovered by
John w. Kccly, beiny a vapor hitherto
unknown to chemists, generated from
water and air without heat at any desirable
pressure and used the same as steam in
driving q piston. The experiments were
tried in the presence Of several gentlemen
beside himself, including VIM. II. Ruthford
Chief Engineer. U. S. NJ; B. Howard Rand,
NJ. D., Professor of Chemistry in Jefferson
Medical College; ]. Snowden Bell, q me-
chanical engineer Of high reputation in
Philadelphia, and other expert and compe-
tent engineers and mechanics. Mr.. Cowles
says
For years Mr.. Keely has been endeavor.
ing to discover, in the works of nature, q
hidden power or motor, which could be
utilized for the benefit Of mankind, and
has succeeded. The result Of his discovery
is so great, 30 marvellous and stupendous
that the practical mind will accept my
statement with o feeling of incredulity.
But I have seen his engine in operation,
propelled by heretofore unknown vapor
of immense pressure, which is created from
a email quantity of water with certain
adrnixture of air, and which is produced
purely by mechanical means, without any
chemicals whatever, without the aid OF
galvanisn or electricity, without heat, and
without cost aside fro wear Of machinery,
and expense of an engineer. So what l
have seen with my own eyes l must
believe.
All the description Mr.. Cowles is at
liberty to give of the apparatus for pro-
ducing this vapor is to say that it ls called
"Generator or Multiplication" that
it is about three feet high, two feet long
and thirteen inches de p, made of brass and
wrought iron in heavy and strong man
ner, the whole consists of series Of iron
chambers, cylindrical in form, connected
by pipes furnished til various cocks and
valves. This multiplicator was suspended
from the ceiling b, chain three feet
above the floor, showing it 10 be entirely
disconnected with anything else, except
the pipe connecting it with the "receiver."
The vapor generated is conveyed by q
"feed-pipe" to tho engine. The receiver is
made out of wrought iron, two inches thick,
capacity about twenty gallons, and shaped
like soda fountain. The popularity Of
this receiver is, it is made Of wrought iron
without q rivet, and entirely welded The
engine is the ordinary engine, such as is
used for steam.
The popularity of this vapor Is that it
can only be used to the best advantage at
O. pressure of 10000 to 10000 pounds to the
square inch. How he produces the
yapor from his "nuls 'plicator,' or rather,
generator" is only known to himself and
two other gentlemen, one OF whom is
Charles B. Collier, Esq, a well known
patent lawyer of Philadelphia. The secret
will not be divulgcd till tho claims OF the
inventor, or rather, the discoverer, are
fully pl l.tected by pa ents in this country
and Europe. The multiplication will work
automatically, and keep the receivers sup
piled while the engine is running. For
the larger classes of engines it is intended
to multiply the number of receivers accord
ing to the size Of the engine.
Those who witnessed the operation Of
generating the power agreed that the in
ventor, in an inappreciable period of time
after the water h.td been let into the gen.
orator, did generate u vapor having an ex.
pansive force of 1000 pounds to the square
inch, that no heat was employed, no cleo
tricity or galvanic action, nor was heat
electricity or galvanic action discernable
as resultant of the action, that the water
after being used, gave the senses no sign
of the use of chemicals, and the vapor was
free from smell or taste. The company
who are now interested with Mr.. Keely
propose to have all engine on public exhi-
bition next fall, and they propose to drive
portion of the power in the halls of the
Centennial exhibition with Keely engine
next year.