, 1875-07-10
THE KEElY MOTOR,
a Rival Inventor Turns up in
Chicago.
Mr.. Niok Thomas Claims to Have Ar
rived at tho Same Result.


Az aonsatlon, tho kccly motor bids fair 10
rival tho recent tral at brooklyn. Scientific
inen arc pnzzling themselves over the alleged
dIRcovcrr of a nav force which Ia to throw ttoAnl
completely into tito background, and arguments
Of wartn character for and ncattlati Il arc being
published daily. At tho icAd of tho akcplfcA
atn1l:lH tho Scirnt3io Amcri1li. = nowspa,er
Which ought to know whereof 1t spoaks, and H..
opinion Ia backed by that OF ninc-tcnsls Of
tho Bcicntic men OF tho country. who
have not sacn tho Eooly motor.
On tho otlos InnJ 1t scan,s rs though avory ono
Who hss had AT opportunity to observe itH work.
ings lias bcconso 60 convinced Of tta ent'ro buc-
cebs NJ o pledge many dollars to its support. 1t
u evident. howeTcr, that ths public will romain
iucrcdulous until BY public trial tho Kee!y mo-
tor al,owh its capacity for attaining Tho results
cain,od for 1t by itB enthusiastic Stockholders.
tis not gonsrally kNnwn--in fact, tho knowl-
odse Ia conlued to half dozen personB-that
ptttcA0o MAN
hns been at work upon a 1nncine during tho
past year wil'ul, lo cnins will produce The same
power, nntl with tho Same factors ompIoYosi by
tho Kcrly 1uotor. Mr. Nick ThonnR, All expeti-
cucod mechanic, anil foreman of ttie Northwest
esn Cnr.WorkB OH Went Erie stroct, III tho man
WHO faB produced this machine. snd WHO expects
II Bi,are soma Of the omoutnel.eH, II not tho
honurs, OF tie Nce}y invention. 4 TR1nuHk re-
porter chilled npon Atr. Thomas sostcrdny
afternoon, III order to loarn sono facts
In regard to the machino and ita prncesaee.
lii. 1hon,un was, i,owovor, very cl,ary Of ln-
formation. lila excessive rnndeBsy would not
lot him got into tho raFors. The machine was
not committed. It was out OF o1dnr, and could
not thoreforo be shown. He could hot ray that
and other axtuaea were ProfFared by the invont-
or Jultcious lnoatiuniny on tho part Of the
interviewer finally ellcitad
THE FOLLOWING FACTH:
Hal. .,1.11 la
Mr. Thomas newspaper with brief description
Of tile Kee!y motor. l,eing naturally Interested
1nechunlc tn the statoInonts nnde. ln began q
AariDs Of experiments with tho Wow Of finding
out whether any snch force could no generated
fror, Rlmplo mir mid wator. as WAS cin:rned. lliB
itdt trials Uero unsuccessful, but lo finally pro-
ducod machine Ill which. air mud water being
tho aoln factors, power waa genoratod equal to
1D.DO0 pountla to tho Bguaro Inch.
t. Int, inquired tho 1eportnr, t'how did you
obtain such m enormous powor7'
"1f l wero to tell you TINT" replied Mr..
rhomss. " would be telling you tbs who!a so-
crot OF tho invantion."
"iou aro coutliont, then, that you havo at-
tainnl
TUE RAsfH HEsuLrR CLAIMED ny KEELr7"
"Entiroy 20; although hhvo no ltien that
the two nlachlnos arc alike. WO have both ar-
rived at tho satne port through different cham
nclH."
"IIavo you over aoon any description OF tho
Kcely nlnchno''
'Thcro hayo mover bocn npy descriptions giv-
on 10 the public. Only onougi, has been p,tb-
lIshed to convoy general and very indefinite
idoa Ut it8 construction. No or1o would bo able
to construct aucn machine from the published
INSCRIPTIONS, much less geloratc tho f5rcs."
"Sllll you havo faith In tue ability Of the Kee.
ly n.iracloi"
"Cortainly. How can help believing In 1t.
when myself layo sue, the eRme effects, aud
have brought them about with my own ha,ds ~
Do you propose to conteHt tLs patont with
Keoly p
II don't know. Kcely la still 1t work upon
ha model. knd it dopcpds upon
WHICH or ts GETS 1f1s MAcuINB FINISHED
rInsr."
Have you had Any communication With your
rival Inventor ~
II wrote to him soon aftor obtaining my re-
Rutta, but nothing det!niso llas bosn 1one
friend OF kecly's, Alr. J. Hnowtlen Eeli, waa out
hCro last Week and examined my machine
did l,o coaao purposc,y 10 800 vom =
"ko, he did not. Ito was cut Veal on other
buaincRs, mud came to aoe mo Wltle In town"
What did be thiuk abont your invention ?"
This question Mr. Thomas Ieolinetl to ansser,
and In fact began to betrny great dislike to All.
snoring any futther. 'fou Gail coma aud zoe
the machine" no said finally, "WAeu Il Is in work.
ing order, Hhto.l will bo In about TWO wecka-
that is, providing you don't put my mime iu tho
pApc1H. l would rathnt not have anything said
about It,"