The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-08

D6TSOnS Who
ought to know better than to assert such
things in relation to the men who are cor
nected with the Keely motor. The assertion
that do not know the difference between
pressure and power is sufficiently answered
by the reputation of the firm of which / am
member. 1t Is not likely that we could
have obtained that reputation If we were so
Ignorant Of the very principles involved in
the work we do. A perpetual motion machine
is one that makes its own power. One that
does not make its own powec can not be a
perpetual motion machine. Now, Keely
pretends TO do no such thing as that. On 1 he
contrary, Mr.. Keely's claim is entirely diff
ferent. He claims to produce from the con-
sumption of air and water a cold vapor
capable Of condensation by simple expan-
sion, and which contains power enough to
produce a pressure of %, coo or sc, 900 pounds
to the square inch. 1t is admitted that no
cold vapor capable OF condensation bv simple
expansion can be produced by chemicals, but
know that by Keely's method it can be
produced, for have produced it, and con-
densed it in Just that way, and have drank
the water produced by the condensation.
The professor to whom have alluded, when
l told him that had drank the water SO
produced, said. 'Oh, you are deceived He
thought that Keely had substituted the water
which had drank in a surreptitious man.
Der. / went back to Keely and tried it again
to be sure that had not been deceived in
that manner, and convinced myself that L
had not. AS to the idea that Keely claims to
produce something from nothing it is ab-
surd, tor that is Just what be does not claim
to do. He claims TO have discovered one of
the laws OF nature by which this yspor can
be produced. When talk to the scientists
about pressure of 10000 pounds to the
square inch they are incredulous, but have
seen it at 5000. and have weighed it. 40
that know that there Is no mistake. We
are now having gauge made by which we
can weigh it up to 90 900 pounds. One of the
difficulties In our way has been that we
have not yet handled the thing at the great
pressures at which il can be used. 1t takes
time to make all the experiments needed,
and, although we are pursuing them as rap
idly as possible, we can not do everything in
a day. We have used it up to 16, 500 pouo dis
pressure, and are going on as fast as we can.
There is
ONE HINDRANCE.
We do not know what we can cover with
our letters patent. We can not, of course,
cover a natural law by patent, and what
we can cover we must describe so fully that
any person expert in such matters can do
the same thing from our description in or
DER that he may know when and how be
infringes on our patents. This we have not
yet been able to do because we have not yet
used it at the heavy pressures at which it
can be used. We know that it will pro-
duce $50 times the pressure that steam will,
and in order to control this agency we must
have engines OF Austrian gun metal The
engine we use is regular yacht engine,
with pair of three by three cylinders and
capable of working under a pressure of
from 500 TO ], 800 pounds to the inch on the
piston, but the engine We are constructing
will be capable of working under the tre-
menduous pressure which we shall produce.
1t las been asked how we will harness such
tremendous power. We will do it with
gun metal and in such a way that it will be
safe. In making guns such exsctness is
possible that they are able to tell how many
times the gun can be fired before it will
burst, and the bursting comes, not from
the force OF the explosion itself, but from
the unequal strain produced by the burn
ing of powder. This element of de-
struction we do not have to contend
With, because our pressure is even, :,
and with machinery made on scientific prin-
ciples there will be no danger or possibility
of an explosion. But even If there should be
an explosion, which could only come from
some defect IN construction, there would be
no danger, excepting from some fl wing piece,
which might do damage, of course. In ex-
plosion of a steam boiler the destruction is
caused by the sudden and marvellous in
crease of pressure which occurs at the mo-
ment OF explosion. This is not understood
scientifically, but the fact remains that when
a boiler expiodes under pressure of 80 or
40 pounds, at the instant of the explosion
there will be a pressure of 10000 pounds on
the sudden liberation of the steam, and it is
this which causes the damage which results.
Now, with the Keely motor, it is entirely
different. Supposing there should be, from
some defect in the machinery, an explosion,
and the motor suddenly liberated. BY its
expansion 1t would be condensed to water,
and no damage would be done. The KeoiY
motor not only will do the work Of steam,
but is applicable TO all purposes for which
guDpowder is used, and is far superior TO
gunpowder or any other explosive known.
We have a rifle from which we have fired
hundreds OF bullets with it, and these exper-
iments have demonstrated its
SUPERIORITY TO eUNPowDER.
1t is well understood that the force of the
gasses generated by the explosion of powder
lessons as the ball travels on its way
| through the barrel, and that if the barrel
were long enough q partial vacuum would
be found behind the ball. The study of the
subject has led to the experiment of explod
ing three or four cartridges in succession
behind the ball as il travels through the bar
rel. By this means tremendous impetus
can be given 10 the ball, as has been repeat
edly demonstrated by experiment. But the
pressure of the Keely moter is continued up
TO the time thu ball leaves the rnuzzla OF the
gun, when of course by further expansion,
the m0ter is condensed TO water. One of the
remarkable things about the Keely motor is
that it can not be trasmitted &C a lower
pressure than 1000 pounds. Ii can be used,
of course, ut lower pressure after 1t is put
in action. 1t can be regulated like steam,
but its transmission at less than 1000
pounds pressure causesits condensation. It
is like steam in this respect, only, of
course, the pressure at whicn it can
hn frowa -NN1ffe feGA L.
that of steam. This disposes at
once of the absurd allegation that 1t does
some certain things at low pressure, but
that it is doubtful whether it will work at
high pressure. The time will certainly come
when our gunboats will be worked by the
same power which will fire their guns
After this power has been discovered by
Mr.. Keely, copartnership was first formed
asd ne continued his experiments After
ward a joint stock company was organized
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