South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-06-25

q receiver. anu IfOxn SucuC8 10 CYL
Under box Of the engine, where 1t drives
the pistons and sets the engine in motion
The generator is about three feet high
made Of Austrian gun metal, in one sol
| id piece, and will hold about ten or twelve
gallons Of water. 1t is four or FIVE inch
es thick. and made to stand the very
heavy pressure of 10000 to $4,000 ms
OF vapor to the square inch. The inside
is composed Of number of cylindrical
chambers. connected by pipes, and fur
nished with cocks and valves. The ere
servoir'' is about six inches in diameter
and forty inches long, and is connected
with the generator by pipe which is
about one inch i'm circumference on the
outside, with bore or about one eighth
OF an inch. Connected with both "gen.
orator. and receiver is standpipe''
Of brass, about two and half inches in
diameter and three feet high, having q
spherical chamber at the bottom, made
in two parts, by fianges, and connected
to the pipe uniting the generator" and
reservoir" The vapor generated in
the multiplication is conveyed to the re.
servoir, which contains numerous pipes,
and from there, by a "feedpipe." to the
engine. The engine is of peculiar con.
struction but the inventor claims that
the yapor can be attached to any ordi.
nary engine now in use, with very slight
alteration. Steam could not pass
through the connecting pipes which are
used on this apparatus. since the bore is
only about the dimensions of n knitting
needle. ''In FIVE seconds said Mr..
IL, -
vapor to the square inch, and enough to
run train of ten cars from Philadel-
phia to New York and RETURN
With Keely motor attached to n
steamer, the voyage of the. world can be
made without coal.
Mr.. keely says that the first public
exhibition will be- upon the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad, when he purposes to take
train from this city to New York and
return. The cost Of the apparatus will
range from $500 to $500, according to
the size and finish desired.
1t is evident, from the character of
the gentlemen who are interested in the
''Keely Motor Company" and the a.
mount OF money they have advanced
that they regard this invention as the
wonder of the nineteenth century. A
bout four millions ofdollars are already
involved in the success of this new in
vention.
The gentlemen interested i'm the scheme
in New York are Messrs +. Il. Throop,
Charles G. Francklyn, Charles Lamson,
Sergeant & Cuttingworth, w. ID. Hatch,
William w. Wright, w. b. Meeker, j.
j.. Smith, A. III. Elliott, John NJ. Will
liams, and j. S. Andrews"
The foregoing presents the most re-
cent statements concerning the new mo-
tor. as derived from the parties them
selves. We will now add brief 'offi-
cial account" of the actual working of
the device. at the great trial mentioned
above. made November 10, 1874, rs GER
tilted by Mr.. Collier. the company's
counsel and reporter, and published by
him In pamphlet form at that time, for
the information ofthe stockholders.
"a short tube, carrying upon its end
4 reaction wheel or "Barker's mill" hav-
ing two arms of about two and a half
inches long each, was screwed upon the
reservoir. and, at 8 :03 p. NJ, was put in
to rotation ut very high velocity, by
the manipulation of two cocks. At
:O5 p. NJ, the reaction wheel was re-
moved. and connection applied to small
beam engine, which was rotated at 400
revolutions. At 9:08 p. NJ, the reaction
wheel was again rotated until 100 T..
NJ" The machinery was then stopped,
and the gaseous fluid allowed to escape
against candle flame and blow it out.
AT :15,. the engine was run again for a
few turns. '.At 9 :17P. NJ, the reaction
wheel was run again, and at 20, the
experiments being concluded, the multi
plicator was taken apart and inspected
by those present. There was no heat
perceptible in any part of the apparatus"
The dimensions of the "small beam
engine' are not given. 1t is stated by
the learned counsel to have been of
peculiar construction. not susceptible
of brief description" Judging from the
Barker wheel, with u inch arms this
'beam engine" was probably about the
size ola dollar toy engine. These re-
markable pieces OF machinery were. ac-
cording to this report, run for n minute
or two at a time, at various intervals.
extending over an entire period of Is
minutes. There was no heat and no
noise save that Of running water when
the ear was placed against the multiple
Gator.
The report, after giving the foregoing
facts in regard to actual performances,
summarizes the results. which we con-
dense as follows: l.. The invention pro-
duced series Of gaseous explosions of
1000 ms. per square inch. 2. The force
was almost instantly produced. g.. IL
moved instantly through distance Of IL
feet. 4. 1t was attended with no noise.
D.. 6. Nothing was nor could have been
introduced into the apparatus TO pro-
duce the force. T.. No heat, electricity,
or galvanic action was discernible ex-
cept that electric sparks were observed
in the spur gearing of the engine. caus-
ed by friction. 8. Hydrant water, 26
ms. 20 the inch, was admitted. Q. The
water was drawn Off unchanged after the