Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30
THE KELLY MOTOR.

lHE hEEL1 MOlOR.
What is Claimed for It-Twenty Thousand
Pounds of Vapor to the square Inch-Hou
! the Invention is Regarded by En- gineers-
| Air and Water Harnessed.
Correspondence of the New York Times.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, June 10
1875.-The mechanical and scientific
world has been greatly excited of late
by the discovery of new motive power
by Mr.. John w. Keely, of this city
The lately discovered motor is genera
ted, as the gentleman claims, from colo
water and air, and evolves into vapo1
more powerful than steam, and copsid
erably more economical. It is proposed
by this new invention to revolutionize
the world, and turn machinery topsy
turvy. Steam will be a 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 ap
piled. 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 patent taken
out in all the countries Of the globe
which issue patent rights. This
service alone will cost about
$50, 900, and will not be completed until
three or four months hence. Mr.. Kee
ly is very reticent on the subject of his
discovery, and referred your CORE.
spondent to his attorney, Charles B.
Collier, Esq. The latter gentleman
said that private view Of the working
of the motor had been made on the
10th of November, 1874, before mum
Der of capitalists, and that only three
weeks since another exhibition had been
given before number of gentlemen
from the New England States. These
latter were so well pleased with the
naoGas operandi, and believed SO firm
ly in the ultimate supersedure Of steam
by the new power, that they formed a
stock company, purchased the patent
right for the six New England States,
and paid $4,000 cash Immediately for
their share in the invention, and are
ready TO forward 5000, 900 more as soon
as called upon. They will organize a
company with capital of $4,000, 600,
and be ready to manufacture the en-.
glnes and necessary apparatus as soon
as the proper 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 Door
man, but, having wonderful degree of
natural mechanical skill, he devoted all
his time for the past fourteen years to
experiments with water, with a view OF
procuring motive power from it. He
was engaged upon an idea of his own
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one day, when he accidentally discov-
cred the vapor which he has harnessed.
He studied the subject, ascertained how
it was generated, learned it's power,
and thenceforth applied himself solely
to the perfection of this idea, working
night and day for number of years,
until his efforts were crowned with sue
cess. The apparatus by which this
power is made is termed "generator u
or multiplication, and the vapor is
then passed into receiver" and from
thence to the cylinder box of the engine,
where it drives the pistons and sets the
engine in motion. The generator u
is about three feet high,
made of Austrian gun metal,
in one solid piece, and will hold about
10 or ID gallons of water. It is 4 or 5
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 number of
cylindrical chambers, connected by
pipes. and furnished with cocks and
valves. The reservoir" is about
inches in diameter and 40 inches long,
and is connected with the generator"
by pipe which is about inch in cir
conference on the outside with bore
of about 9TH of an inch. Connected
with both generator" and receiver
is 'stand- pipe" of brass, about d
inches in diameter and feet high, hay
ing a spherical chamber at the bottom,
made in two parts, by fanges, aud con-
nected to the pipe uniting the genera
tor" and reservoir. The vapor gen
Grated III the multiplication is conveyed
to the reservoir, which contains numer-
GUS pipes, and from there, by 3 "feed-
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.
Mr.. Keely claims that this apparatus
will generate cold vapor from water by
mechanical appliances, without the use
of chemicals. The water used is COM
mon river, spring, or we'll water, and
does not undergo any previous prepare
ton, rubber hose from an ordinary
hydrant to the generator being used as
a means of conveying the liquid. The
peculiarly Of this vapor is that it can
be used to best advantage at pressure
of from 10000 to 10000 pounds to the
square inch. To the mechanical mind
this seems impossible. Yet such is the
claim of Mr.. Keely, and it has been at
tested that such is the fact by gentle
men who are held to be mech anical
experts of the highest grade.
Yet with all this immense pres
sure at his command, this in
ventor is enabled to control his en-
CINE, and run it with the same ease and
facility as engines are now run by steam.
He has tried the "motor upon an en-