Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-06-24
The Kelley Motor What is Claimed for It.

The es.syIotor What is Claimed for It.
TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS OF yAPoR
TO THE SQUARE McH- HOW THE IN
vENTIoN Is REGARDED BY ENGINEERS
lair AND WATER nARNEssED.
PH1LADELPH1A, Thursday, June 10
The mechanical and scientific world
has been greatly excited of late by the
discovery Of new motive power by
Nh. John ". Kelley, this city. The
lately~discovered motor is generated,
as the gentleman claims from cold
water and air, and evolves into a vapor
more powerful than steam, and con-
siderably more economical. 1t is pro-
posed by this new invention to revo-
lutionize the world, and turn machln-
cry topsy-turvey. Steam will 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 vapor is and how it Is made
the discoverer refuses to make plain or
divulge his hidden secret until he has
letters ratent taken out in all the
countries of the globe which issue pa,
tent rights. This service alone will
cost shout $4,000, and. will not be
completed until three or four months
hence. Mr.. Kelley is very reticent on
the subject Of his discovery, and re
ferred your correspondent to his attor-
ney, 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 of capitalists,
and that only three weeks since anoth-
er exhibition had been given before a
number of gentlemen from the New
England States. These latter were so
well pleased with the modus operandi,
and believed so firmly in the ultimate
supersedure Of steam by the new pow
er, that they formed stock company,
purchased the patent right for the six
New England States, and paid $780,.
600 cash Immediately for their share in
the invention, and are ready to for
ward 100000 more as soon as called
upon. They will organize company
with a capital of 100000, and be
ready to manufacture the engines and
necessary apparatus as soon as the pro-
per patents are secured.
HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY.
Mr.. Keely alleges that the discovery
of this power was purely accidental.
Up to within short time he was a
poor man, but having a wonderful de-
gree of natural mechanical skill, he
devoted all his time for the past four
teen years to experiments with water
with view of procuring motive
power from it. He was engaged upon
an idea of his own regarding the force
of columns of water one day when he
accidentally discovered the vapor which
be has harnessed. He studied the subs
ject, ascertained how it was generated,
learned its power, and thenceforth ap-
piled himself solely to the perfection of
this idea, working night and day for a
number Of years, until his efforts were
crowned with success. The apparatus
by which this power is made is termed
'generator" or ''multiplicator," and
the vapor is then passed into ''recei.
yer" and from thence to the cylinder
box Of the engine, where it drives the
pistons and sets the engine in motion
The generator" is about three feet
high, made of Austrian gun-metal, in
one solid piece and will hold about ten
or twelve gallons Of water. 1t is four
or five inches thick, and made to stand
the very heavy pressure of 10000 to
10000 pounds of vapor to the square
inch. The inside is composed of a
number of cylindrical chambers, con-
nected by pipes, and furnished with
cocks and valves. The ssreservoir" is
about six inches in diameter and forty
inches long, and is connected with the
generator" by pipe which is about
one inch in circumference on the out>
side, with bore of about one-eighth
Of an inch. Connected with both
generator" and s'receiver" is a "stand-
pipe" Of brass about two and halt
inches in diameter and three feet high,
having a spherical chamber at the
bottom, made in two parts by fanges,
and connected to the pipe uniting the
generator" and reservoir" The
vapor generated in the multiplication is
conveyed to the reservoir, which COM
tains numerous pipes, and, from there,
by sfeed-pipe, to the engine. The
engine is of peculiar construction, 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.
MIR. Keely claims that this apparatus
will generate cold vapor from water by
mechanical appliances without the use