The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-21

selves, and backed by their willing asststants'
The deception ofthe whole scheme Is SO trans.
parent that It hardly seems creditao,e tnas
persops Of sane minds can be tound WHO arc
willing to i5vest. Nevertheless, we bear
from reliable source that quite NUMBER OF
we'll known businessmen have invested mo-
ney in the scheme, aud In one Instance we
were told so by the party himself. lie had
paid $4,000 down, and fully believed the
! thing TO be great discovery, ana iuliy OK
pected to realize large fortune from bis ~
vestment. On all other subjects TINS gentle.
man was rational and Intelligent, but In re.
spect to the Kelley motor he was badly hal
lucipaied. He was present at the trial above
referred to, saw 1000 pounds on the gauge,
and came away perfectly satisfied.
The question is asked: Eow could so
great a pressure as 1000 or 10000 pounds
per square inch be produced, allowing that
| it really was exhibited. as stated? We think
that any ingenious mechanic, by means of
hydraulic jack and small pipe, could rea-
div produce and exhibit such pressure,
aud could, by turning faucet, drive
| whirligig for the space of sixty seconds, or
| from 90S z. II. to 900 p. NJ, as the learned
counsel gravely reports.
Kelley tslks about bis studies regarding
the force of columns of water, and describes
| the use of water pressure in his genera
| tor" multiplication. "recei7er," etc.
Well, now, Kelley might, if he want
ed to, get up an honest show OF air pres
sure by arranging series of short wa.
| ter tubes so rs to concentrate the COM
| bined weight Of their water aga INST air
confucd in a suitable chamber. Allowing,
for example, that be had ten communicating
water tubes, each holding cubic foot or 62
pounds Of water, he might, by turning
fauset I'll the tubes from the hydrant, and
concentrate go pounds weight on the, con.
fined air, which, If conducted to gauge,
would indicate go pounds pressure; this
air miehtj4rive small wheel from 9:0S Z.
NJ, to 900 2. NJ. it would moreover be
cold yapor, without smell or taste; it would
blow ont q candle, but not burn: there
would be no noise except that of running
water; there would be no residuum save air
and water; no heat, electricity, or chemical
action would be involved.
A curious arrangement of water. and air
tubes, in which, by turning faucets, the water
weights are concentrated, producing pres.
cure was illustrated and described in the
! Scientific american of April 4, 1868, page
2l2 1t was patented by James u. Cole, OF
Tennessee, December 10, 1867, as a water
elevator. [. might be bad for Kelley if be
should prove TO be an iniringer OF this
patent.
There is also patented arrangement OF
mcrcurial tubes for concentrating the weight
Of mercury and air columns in an analogous
manner. We aude to Quinn's patent steam
gauge, 1866. IL is possible that Professor
Rand, Professor Haswel!, Chief Engineer
Rutherford, United States navy; Chief En-.
gneer Wood, United States navy, and other
Advocates Of the Kelley motor, are not a.
quninted with these devices.
One of the strangest Developments con-
nected with the Kelley motor is the implicit
faith which many gentlemen in this commu.
! uity, of tried experience and business capa-
biity, have given to the enterprise. They
have Welded not only faith but their money.
We can account for this only by suppo>ing
that they mistake mere pressure for motive
power. But mere pressure IS not motive
power: it is simply resultant Of motive
power. A very slight motive power, if sufli'
GENTLY long continued and properly applied,
may produce the greatest pressure. a weight
of ouly single pound, hung upon the eX-
tremity of suitable lever, is sufficient TO pro-
ducc q pressure at the opposite end Of the
lever Of 10000 pounds or more TO the square
inch. To persons not familiar with the laws
CT mechanic, (snd this, we think, is proba-
bly, the situation Of most Of the Kelley in.
vcstors) the exhibition. of gauge showing
10, 900 pounds pressure might readily be re-
gardcd as proof positive of an enormous
power behind the gauge; whereas the actual
power concealed from view might be only
weight Of one pound.
In cases of this kind, when 4 body is lifted
or pressure produced, the inquirer should
take plins 10 ascertain what the extent Of
the original moving power or weight is. If
this preaution be taken, the falsity Of motors
like keelcy's may be at once detected. Ia the
example Of Kelley, the certificate Of Collier
shows thai a hydrant force OF 26l pounds to
the inch is always required to run the ma
chine. This force, if applied to a common
wheel or engine, would produce a consider
able amount OF constant mechanical power.
But the moving force is ne1rly all wasted in
Keeley's device, for he is only able to drive a
toy engine for minute or two at time.
This DOES not look much like driving Il train
OF cars from Philadelphia to New York, or
crossing the ocean without the consumption
Of coal.