, 1875-06-20

yet, everything connected with the invention be-
1 ing kept 4 profound secret from everybody az
! cept few capitalists, who had furnished the
| money to develop it. and kWo or three experts
who had been employed by them to examine and
! report upon the machine. A few days after this
conversation m INSURANCE agent brought in an
| equally e1t1ayagant tale Of the new motor. He
had seen it work, and owned soma stock in it,
which Was not for sale at any price. Now, it is
bard to get the start Of an insurance agent in a
! bargain, and the fact that this gentleman hsd
invested money in the machine gave IT certain
claim to respect. The claim Was enhanced.
when met the inventor, who drove his own car
riage, and looked in every way
ZANE AND soLyEyT.
| Obviously the new motor, whatever it might be-,
had propelled him into very mfortabts citcum-
stances. He used to live in q back street, it is
said, and tinkered sway at his machine for fonr-
teen years before be got it to work, fighting OF
poverty the while as best he could With Gu
rioslty stimulated by the eoigmatical talk OF the
1nye ntor and the marvellous stories Of his
! friends, ! set about picking up and putting to-
gather the facts about the machine. with such
| results as appear below:
| The inventors name is John ". Keeley, and
he calls bis invention the "Keeley Motor" Il
is owned by > STOCK company, composed chiefly
Of New York and Philadelphia Capitalists, who
have paid in working capital Of about 9150, QUO
and hold stock Of the nominal par vatue OF
| 81, ,00o, 600. They value this stock Ut fabulous
prices. The original associates OF Mr. Kelley,
| Who are all members OF the present company,
are James. 8. Yarne.l, John ssilsz. Charles B.
Collier, J. ". Schuncke1s, and William Boeket,
OF this CITY, aud Charles B. Till, OF Mor1istown,
| NJ. The apparatus that generates the power
ia called
a Sc Mu1r1P1IcAroR,"
| aud is composed Of . number of iron chambers
Of cylindrical form, connected by pipes and
fitted with certain cocks atd valves. The ma-
chine upon which experiments have been cou-
ducted during The past eighE mouths is about 36
inches high. q 1oug, aud Is wide, and its cylin-
ders will hold about sir gallons Of water. A
small bEass pipe, with an orifce one-quarter OF
an inch in diameter, lends from it to 3 strong
wronght~lrou reservoir 6 inches in diameter aud
whence it ia fed to..a beam engine through q
still smaller pipe. The process Of generating
the power consists IN forcing air into
the upper chamber Of the multiplication,
and afterward letting water run IN from
hydrant until this receptsclas are nearly filled.
used his own lungs for an air-pump, blowing
through tube for = few seconds, then turning
cock to shut of the air. connecting the tube with
the hydrant, and opening the cock until sufh-
C1EQt HaL4r IuuS ID. HlLQ4N TWO kuluuto6 H1k6I
this operation is performed the cocks on the
tubes connecting tbs upper with the lower cylin-
ders are turned and the power is ready Tor use.
The iittie machine e1erts through the Small tube
one-eighth OF an inch in dianaeter, pressure
varying from 2,000 to Is, 600 pounds To the square
inch, At the will Of the operator, The power is
accurately measured by q force register. When
applied to the engine it funs 1t aa rapidly u it
is prudent to permit the supply OF power being
always Kept beloN it's full capacity.
VERY THOROUGH TESTS
have been made BY those Interested in probing
the mystery, to see II there WAS not some trick
Of concealed chemicals to generate gas. The
nnultiplicator has been suspended from tho
rafters Of the buildipg aud air blown through it,
and it has been flooded repeatedly with water to
dissolve any chemical compound it might hold
concealed. Immediately after these tests the
power has been generated. LAST falt an elaborate
series Of experiments were conducted BY Chlef
Engineer Rutherford, Of the United States Navy,
J. 9poWdeu Bell, mechanical engineer; Will
iam Boakel. mechanician, and Charles B. Collier,
lawyer Of this city. and the results we're printed
IN 9; pamphlet for the prlvate information Of the
stockholders. Besides the tir and water tests
they examined the escape from the valves, and
found it to bea ''vaporic OF gaseous production"
without smell or taste, and with no explosive or
intamuable properties when exposed to flame.
When piece Of muslin cloth was held over the
Escape, N icicI0 Of tbs shape OF = thimble was
rapidly formed. Thh investigators also tasted
Gator, and discovered no unusual flavor or odor,
aud took this Inachlne to piacas without finding
any residuum:
WAT, THEN, II THIS STRANGE POWER,
capable of doing the work OF steam without
heat? The inventor talks about the multiplied
power OF hydraulic columns heln IN suspena!on.
but gives no further explanation Of the manner ]
by which pressure OF 26 pounds to the mcn-
which the Schuglkill water has in the hydrant is
increased to 1900 pounds by merely passing |
A.. %rt& rr1tt Ia 10
SAYS, and he will reveal it as soon his patents
in this country and IN England aTe 1ssued. One !
Of the principal owners OF the invention accounta
for the strange force On the supposlton that the |
mncbine separates water into lts ultimate atoms, !
and changes their cohesive force into one OF |
s1roog repulsiop. It is singular peculiarly OF !
the force that When it IN diminished much below !
pressure OF ] ,2Ng pounds to the square inch, 1t
extlng11ishes itself, fading out and leaving no
sign. Mf. kee1ey is now engaged on aew and
larger multiplcator, the parta OF which have
been made in different machlne-shopa, to pre-
serve the secret Of its construction It is almost
ready for use.
One thing appears certain from these facts OF
allegations Either Alr- Kelley ia perpetrating .
rema. kably ingenious and successfui fraud, Or
he has really, rs he asserts, discovered new
motive power that must soon
srpERsEnE crEAN And REToLCT1osEE EA-
ChrNERY.
II the invention is genuine. ito importance can
scarcely be exaggerated Steam engines will be-
COMB obsolete. Steamships will be- remode1ed
aew motor engine, burning no fuel and emitting
no smoke and coal Will become drug On the
narket. pethans ati fuel niif be uesdlesd for
heat aud motion are incoutrogertibte, and It IN
apparatus can generate motion,
why may not that motion be changed 10 heat to
warm our dwellings: BIZ this time the reader
will oA ready to ask, s'Do you, pewspaper
correspondents who ought to have your cseduli-