Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-09
A New Motor Discovered.

ten a letter to his paper describin
a trial which be witnessed in Phi
idelphia of experiments with
new motive power, discovered b
John w. Keely, being vapo
hitherto unknown to chemists
generated by water and air with
out heat, at any desirable pressur
and used the same as steam il
driving piston. The experiment
were tried in the presence of seve
raj gentlemen besided himself, in
clu ding VIM. III. Ruthford, chic
engineer L. S. a; b. Howard
Rand, NJ. D., professor of chemistry
in Jefferson medical college +; J
Snowden Bell, a mechanical en-
gineer of high reputation in Phil.
delphia, and other expert and com.
petent engineers and mechanics
Mr.. Cowles says:
For years Mr.. Keely has been
endeavoring to discover, in the
works of nature, a hidden power
or motor, which could he utilized
for the benefit OF mankind and has
succeeded. The result of his dis
covery is so great, so marvellous
and stupendous that the practical
mind will adopt my statement with
feeling of incredulity. But l
have seen his engine in operation,
propelled by a heretofore unknown
vapor of immense pressure, which
is created from q small quantity
Of water with n certain admixturc
of air, and which is produced pure
ly by mechanical means, without
the aid of galvinism or electricity,
without heat, and without cost
aside from the wear Of macLicery
and expense of an engineer. So
what l have seen with my own
eyes, | must believe.
All the description Mr.. Cowles is
at liberty to give of the apparatus
for producing this vapor, is to say
that it is called a generator or
multiplication that it is about
three feet high, two feet long and
thirteen inches deep, made of
brass and wrought iron in a heavy
and strong manner, the whole of
which consists of a series of iron
cylindrical in form, con-
nected by pipes furnished with
various cocks and valves. This
multiplication was suspended from
the ceiling by a chain three feet
above the floor, showing it to be
entirely disconnected with anything
else, except the pipe connecting ii
with the receiver. The vapor gen.
Grated is conveyed to the receiver,
and from the receiver it is convey
ed by a feed-pipe to the engine.
The receiver is made out of
wrought iron, two inches thick,
capacity about twenty gallons, and
shaped like a soda fountain. The
popularity of this receiver is, it is
made of wrought iron, without a
rivit, 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 a pressure of
10000 to 10000 pounds to the
square inch. How he produces
the vapor from his "multiplicator,"
or rather, generator" is only known
to himself and two other gentlemen,
one of whom is Charles b. Collier,
ESQ. well-kuown patent lawyer
Of Philadelphia. The secret will
not be divulSed till the claims of
the inventor, or rather, the discov-
erer, are fully protected by patents
in this country and in Europe.
The multiplicator will work auto
matically. and keep the receiver
supplied while the engine is run
ming. For the larger classes of
engines it is intended to multiply
the number of receivers according
to the size of the engine.
Those who witnessed the oper-
alton of generating the power
agreed that the inventor, in an in
appreciable period of time after
the water had been let into the
generator, did generate a vapor
having an expansive force of 1000
pounds to the square inch, that no
heat was employed, no electricity
or galvanic action, nor was heat,
electricity, or galvanic action dis
cernable as resultant of the action,
that the water after being used