The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-14

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you approach it with smile or frowp, so a
Smile or frown greets YOU Ex-Governor
Vance Of Greensboro, \. c., was in the
habit of quoting: Can there anything
good come out OF Nazareth y Philip said
sCome and see.' With that bid the Con
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The Kelley W otor-What il Claimed
for It,.
TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS OF vAP0R TO TIL
.souARE IScH-How TIE INVENTION Is RE-
CARRIED BY ENGINEERS-AIR AND WATER HAIR
MESSED. .,z ... s.E
IcoI RESP ondcnc. of the New York Times.l
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday. June 10.-The
mechanical and scientific world has been
greatly excited of late by the discovery oil
a new motive power by Mr.. John W.
KeeIy, of this city. The lately. discovered
motor is generated, as the gentleman
claims, from cold water and air, and evolves
into Yapor more powerful than steam, and
considerably more economical. 1t is propose
by this new invention 10 revOlutionlZe
the world. and turn machinery topSy-turvey.
Steam sill be thing OF the past, and the
wonderful power Of this new creation will
supply all the needs Of man for the uses TO
which steam is now applied. Just what this
yapor is and how it is made the discoverer
refuses 10 make plain or divulge bis hidden
secret until he has letters patent taken out in
all the countries of the globe which issue pa-
tent rights. This service alone will cost
about $50. 900, and will not be completed un-
til three or TOUR mouths hence. Dir. Kelly
is very retcept on The subject of bis dis
coyery, and referred your correspondent to
his attorney, Charles b. Collier. ESQ.
The latter gentleman said that a
private view of the working of the
motor had been made on The 10th OF
November, 1874, before number o! capital
lists, and that only three weeks since another
exhibition had been given before plumber
of gentlemen from the New England States.
Tlrese latter were so well pleased with the
nio.lus operandi, and believed so firmly IN
the ultimate superscdure Of steam by the new
power, that they formed stock company,
purchased the patent right for the slX Ne"
England States, and paid $4,000 cash imme-
diately for their share in the invention, and
are ready 10 forward 100000 more as soon
IS called upoD. They Will organize COM
pany with a capital Of S3,000,000, and be
ready TO manufacture the engines and ne.
cesSary apparatus as soon as the proper pat
ents are secured.
HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY.
Mr.. keely alleges that the discovery of this
power was purely accidental. Up to within
a short time he was poor man, but having
a wonderful degree Of patural mechanical
skill, he devoted all bis time for the past
fourteen years to experiments with wafer
with view of procuring motiVe-power
from it. He was engaged upon an idea OF
bis own regarding the force OF columns oi
water ore day when he accidentally dis
covered the yapor which he has harnessed.
He studied the su' ject, a>certained how
it was generated, learned its power, and
thcnceforth applied himself solely to
the perfection of this idea, working
night and day for Il number Of years, until
his efforts were crowned with success. The
apparatus by which this power is made is
termed generator or multpllcator,"
and the vapor is then passed into q "rccei
YER" and from thence 10 the cl Under box of
the engine. where it drives the pistonS and
sets the engine in motion. The ''gcneralOr
is about three feet high, made Of Austrian
o,n-metal, in one solid piece. aud will hold
about ten or twelve gallons of water. 1t is
four or five inches thick, and mode to stand
the very heavy pressure Of 10000 TO 10000
pounds of yapOr to the square inch. The
inside is composed OF a number Of cylin-
drical chambers, connected by pipes, and
furnished with cocks and valves. The
reservoir" is about Fix Incl cs in diameter
aud forty inches long, and is connected
with the generator by a pipe which is
about one inch in circumference on the out
side, with a bore Of about one-eighth of on
inch. Connected with both generator
and "receiyer" is "stand-pipe" Of brass
about two and a half inches in diameter and
three feet high, having a spherical chamber
at the bottom, made in two parts by flanges,
and connected to the pipe uniting the "gene-
rator" and reservoir" The Vapor gene.
rated in the multiplication is conveyed to the
reservoir, which contains numerous pipes,
and from there, by q " feed-pipe," to the en-
gine. The engine is of peculiar conStruc.
ton, but the inventor claims that the vapor
can be attached to any ordinary engine now
in use, with very slight alterations.
CLAIMS OF THE INVENTOR.
Mr.. keely claims that this apparatus will
generate cold vupor from water by mechani-
cal appliances without the use of chemicals.
The water used is common river, spring, or
well water, and does not undergo any pre-
yious preparation, rubber hose from an
ordinary hydrant to the generator being
used as q means Of conveying the liquid.
The peculiarly of this vapor is that ii can be
used TO the best advantage at pressure of
from 10000 TO 10000 pounds to the square
inch. To the mechanical mind this seems
impossible. Yet such is the claim Of Mr..
keely, and it has been attested that such
is the fact by gentlemen who are held to
be mechanical experts Of the highest grade.
Yet with all this immense pressure at his
command the inventor is enabled to control
bis engine and run it with the same ease and
facility as engines are now run by steam.
He has tried the "motor" upon an engine
Of 20:horse power, and it defed the efforts
OF all the gentlemen present 10 stop the fly
wheel. The water used, after.it has passed
through the" multiplication" has no percepti-
BILE smell or taste, and seems as pure as when
II first entered, thus showing concusiycly
that Go secret chemical process is employed
to carry out the object designed. The parts
OF the generator and multiplication are ell
made OF welded iron, of great thickness and
strength. The connecting pipes are also
small and Of great thickness, snd are oxid-
lztd and planished SO as TO prevent the force
OF the yapor escaping through the pores of
the metal. Steam could not pass through
the connecting pipes which are used on this
apparatus, since the bore is only about the
dimension Of q knitiing-needle.
DANGER OF EXPLOSION. -
r With this immense power at hand one
would naturally fear an eX DlOsiOn most dis.