The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-26
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40 Success.
From the Philadelphia Tines


eff l have luck and no further
breakages, | think l shall be able to
exhibit the motor at work to the
directors of the company and those
of the public who choose to come,
about June !, said Mr.. Keely, the
chief protector of the engine which
is TO revolutioniZ5 the procura-
ton of force, as he yesterday escort
ed Times into a workshop in the
rear of his residence. "You cannot
conceive" he continued, "the power
of this machine, and what we have
had 10 overcome III experimenting.
This register shell, for instance,
weighs 1000 pounds, although it is
only forty-two inches in diameter
outside and thirty inches inside, be-
ing six inches thick. 1t is spherical,
is OF wrought steel and holds sixty
one gallons; it took Two weeks to
cool after manufacture. / can cGarge
it in less than one second with va
por, generated by about three Thin
bfeiuts, of water, that will run a 800
horsepower engine nine hours.
This gauge registers $1,000 pounds
to the square inch-4,0U0 over that
of gunpoWder. We have tested it
eight times. The safety-valVe which
you see here" and Mr.. Keely touch
ed with his foota Wrought-iron pipe
a foot in diameter and three inches
in thickness, which enclosed loosely
| a smaller pipe, cant do much harm
if it bursts, as the outside casing
prevents the pieces flying. Here is
one we Split" aud he placed his
hand upon huge waive that had
been riven like reed. "The ma
terial we now use almost entirely is
of steel. forged in solid masses and
which are attached to that cylinder
are my own invention. Understand
what we are fighting against is thir-
ty tons to the square inch. This
machine will develop $500 horse
| power-enough 10 ruiz all The cars
in Philadelphia and New York put
tOgeiher-and can be charged with
seventy gallons of pure vapor per
minute. We have about fifty men
employed, all told the work gen.
orally is done outside by I. p. Nor
ris and Morris 81 Tasker, aud sim
ply put up inside. Yes, that patch
in the wall is where bolt that blew
out went through short time ago.
The greatest care is needed, and yet
some of our appliances appear very
fragile. This copper tube, which
you see is not much thicker than a
lead pencil, and has a passage not
larger than pipe stem, will stand
a pressure of 100000 pounds to the
square inch. A magnificent motor
is being put together by Messrs.
Sargent s. Cunningworth, in New
York it is, of course for our COM
pany. Mr.. Keely then conducted the
reporter to his model room, where
a number of delicately constructed
specimens of Iiliputian motors and
machines invited inspection. There
are 80 many points about the inven-
ton that it would take me three or
four daTs to describe them, and
your paper far more room than it
could spare in a year to publish
them. The present century has Civ
en- birth TO many marveIs-steam,
| telegraphy, ETC., and we are going
to astonish the world in a greater
measure than even great scientists
can imagine. You can tell the read
ers of the Times that, barring acct
dents, the motor will be in working
order by the Fourth of july" The
interview then terminated.