New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-18
A Wonderful TATE Of n New Motor.

cine! writes from Philadelphia q strang
story of diminutive machine. which in
creases the power of six gallons Of waite
I from twenty-six pounds to between 200
and Is 900 pounds to the square inch. B.
| this machine the inventor. SO the cores
pon6ent relates. proposes to roll twent,
Pullman cars TO New York with little ali
| and bucket of water, doing away will
steam. hot air. electricity or any othe.
power. 1t appears the mere reputation Of it
powers has created q stock company. viii
$I.O0O.UO, and taken the inventor out o.
little tinker's chop, in a back street, and
put him in q carriage Of his own. Ons
advantage guaranteed the public already
is that they will not bs able to purchase
any stock. il being held by it's enthusiastic
possessOrs at fabulous prices.
Without divulgiDg the secret the machine
has been subject to ali sorts Of tests such al
suspending it il the air. blowing through
it. soaking it as one would an Internal
machine in cigar box and even taken to
pieces. and it worked perfectly as soon az
released from its trials.
1t is described as about thirty ak inches
high. .twenty-fo inches long and thirteen
inches wide. composed Of iron chambers OF
cylindrical form. connected by pipes and
fitted with cocks and valves. A brass pipe.
one quarter Of an inch in diameter. leads
into wrought iron reservoir six inches in
diameter and three feet long, and is called
"multiplicatOr." In this the power is
stored to be fed to beam engine through a
pipe ons eighth OF an inch in diameter. 1t
is worked by first filing the upper chamber
with air, in this instance from the invent tors
own lungs, turning it off and connecting the
tube with hydrant till sufficient water has
rrn in. In two minutes tho tremendous
pressure indicated is produced through the
small pipe.
That is all that is known or will be known
until the patents are issued. but long list
of stockholders. including life insurance
agent is given. and an account Of exhaus-
tive experiments by Chief Engineer Ruther-
ford, United States navy, and others. The
examiners found q ''vaporic OF gaseous pro-
duction" without smell. taste or explosive
properties. and also that there was no un-
usual favoI or Odor to the water. The
tasting committee also discovered that
when piece of muslin was held over the
escape an icicle the slze Of q thimble rapidly
formed.
1t is useless TO speculate on tho revolu-
tion at hand if the '',nultiplicator" can per-
form half what is claimed. The davs OF
steam, electric motors. hydraulic rams and
Texas mules are numbered. II this little
sample of the secret Of the inventor, Mr.
John w. Kelley by name, and he calls it
the 'Keeley motor" gives such a pressure,
what will the larger machine he is said to
be constructing do'
Several extremely scientific explanations
Of the secret are offered. One is that the
separates the atoms of the water
and substitutes for the property of cohesion
that of violent repulsion. A much more
simple theory is suggested. The inventor
ills his small machine with his own wind.
In all probability ne is a man Of strong
ungs, much stronger than the usual prac-
.itioners on the blowing machine, and has
lrtfully adapted the cylinders to mis- ca
,aeity. The secret, then. is in his powerful
blow, and the next question is, can any
,ther Nan blow as much, and further, can
lis blow proportionately operate his bigger
?"
In the revolution to be caused BY the in
reduction of this new motor the correspon-
lent suggests that as heat and motion are
fuel will no longer be
necessary. This is hard to reconcile with
he formation Of the icicle, though the ex-
remes Of heat and cold are said TO ap-
roach each other much nearer than unset |
ntitic people imagine. Many ladies wear
luslin, and it those thus clad were to ap- |
roach a very powerful "multiplicator" the
hem from becoming the coldest of compan-
anions. This quality may be Of use to
enator Jones, and his knowledge of it may
Q the cause of his entry into the ice busi-
ess, but it is sufficient to keep it out of the
omestic circle.
The correspondent also puts too much
18th in his life insurance agent, and he
robably is in negotiation for policy. The
sneral estimation of these solicitors classes
lem with lightning rod men, Bible ped
rs, Ohio crusaders and other stimnlants
profanity. He might, however, be of use
blowing up the ''multiplicator' when
r. Kelley is tired. But with the Sentiueps
rrespondent the judgment on this p.elim-
airy investigation lie:
Seeing is believing. When I sec tho train !
nnipg 70 New York will believe, and not
fore. But that there are many persons
40 have faith in the invention. can vOuch
Let the rest Of the people be thankful
ere is no stock for sale, not even that I
ned by the insurance man, and wait for {
3 completion Of a full sized "Keeley q
,tor.'
Pleasing Incident.