The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-28
The kee,ey Motor.

munlcsion In regard 10 the keeley m0tol
from EG. 3. Dr." in your issue OF the 23d
while Sincing great acumen on the part o.
that gttieDap, is not quite lucid. &C. B
d." Ems to suppose tnat the aquous Yapol
is th&ause Of the pressure ia the motor
whenb fact the watery vapor IL deleteriou.
to tbaressure, and only EXISTS unayoidably
ia cotkquence of the water being in Uacuo
'If thiApor could be prevented, the pressure
and pSer Of the molor would be iDfnite
This "a be evident enough when the ma.
cbiue sreaily understood, and we will now
eyplaSthc action and the laws on which il
deper& for Its value.
ThS6otor may be best comprehended by
first dhsidering the conditions OF the static
forccSn the case Of ordinary columns oil
waterheld in suspension. We see ia cases
of thSkind that the combined gravitating
forceaf the column and the earth are bal.
ancedly the means Of support-necessarlly
tsD4le substance, ss sucker 10 a pump;
and d forces being thus combined With
mstern substances, lose their spiritual or
impo1erable nature, and are mutually de-
stroyd. 10 ordinary words, we say that
the afonof gravity is balanced by the re.
actionbf (e support, and that these forces are
equal. lnIhc Keeley motor, however, quite
a ditferenLt tate OF affairs exists, the column
Of water bog held in suspension an vacuo ;
the graVitaSg forces are generated between
the colum9 and the earth as before, but
there are ndp beans provided for this force to
react. NoVWo digress somewhat, it is well
known tbatxe presence Of at least two pom
derable bodit are essential for the genera.
ton Of the fke Of gravity. Yet, gravita-
ton Is an 'Honderable force, precisely as
electricity, wkh is an imponderable force, is
generated bybe two plates of galvanic
battery. Out Sthe relations OF gross matter
we have as ltTere spiritual power, for
Ariel IS not pre nimble than the swift
footed lightning -
II we carry qs parallel between gravity
and electricity Httle farther We can readily
see what takes kce in the invention Of Mr.
heeley. First, sthe electricity is allowed
to reach the eare it is lost; Cd. il the plates
are SLOWED TO Rch the electricity is lost,
as before. We y, 10 these cases, that the
electrlcal actlon " reaction are equal, and
we get no eiectrH manifestation. Again:
il the connectionet8een The plates is par
tiai we get partFoss of effect. -
10 go BACK 10 Y keeley motor: the sus-
pension o. the hyaulic columns in vacuo
prevents the absottion Of the grayitating
forces by the elema Of REACTION, as is usual
in matters OF comuh observation; and this
immense force oil gFity, being thus induct-
ed, and, by the perie insulation, retained in
It's purely imponuerge condition, exists as
a pure FORCE, the lnAsily Of whose action
depends solely on he perfection of the
vacuum. The imme;e power Of gravity is
disturbed from the eep in which it has
lain for ages in e everlasting hills,
and localized, so p speak, in the
chambers CT. this lItt!eaotor. The yapor OF
the water, however, bahe fact of its FORM
ing partial means Tor Z RI action OF gravity,
reduces to very gre4xtent this terrific
power; SO that Dir. kpey, as matter of
TACT, is only able 10 secutthe moderate pres.
sure of 20,O0O pounds p{square inch. We
thus can understand lie paradox that
although vacuum eyiStA the motor there
Is a pressure OF 10000 iunds. The pres.
sure is, in fact, causedby the localized
gravity acting on the henuated vapor
of the water, and rt TO mere
mechanical compression bat would In
crease the density of be vapor and
vitiate the vacuum. 1t is bbabe that the
particles are thrown into went revolution,
and the centrifugal force sul,ing would
cause Il still further separatioI or tendency to
OF the particles, bus causing
pressure 10 mechanical sep$ but really TO-
creaSng the vdcuHm, 6ecau>ehere would be
less matter in the same space, AS the vapor
is thus tbroW Wn off and used / the engine it
is replaced by vapors naturallgiven off by
the hydraulic columns, and e only thing
necessary for the prolongations sf the action
is the supply OF water to takehe place of
that evaporated.
1t would be an imposition your space
were l to explain all the phepmena con-
nected with the motor. Let sur readers
consider the principle attentive, and they
can do that for themselves. Ifiny gentle
man will repair to some secuda spot and
pull gently yet firmly on the saps of his
boots until he finds himself risig into the
air, he will have very definite i0a of what
takes place in hydraulic colunis held in
suspension" l..
p. S. No stock is for sale at AZ figure
whatever, the United States having Ought it
all up for use in the navy.