The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-05-08
The MOTOR of Hone.
MIR. KEELEY MORE SANGuINE THAN EVER AND
on THE VERGE OF SUCCESS.

MIR. KEELEY MORE SANGUINE THAN EVER AND
on THE VERGE OF SUCCESS.
"Ii have luck and no further breakages,
think I shall be able to exhibit the motor
at work to the directors OF the company ana
those OF the public who may choose to come
about June j." said Mr.. Kelley, the chief
protector OF the new engine which is to
revolutionize the procuration Of force, as he
yesterday escorted q Times man into work
shop in the rear of his residence. "You
cannot conceive" he continued, 'fthe power
OF this machine and what we have had to
overcome in experimenting. This register
shell, for instance, weighs 1000 pounds,
although it is only forty-eight inches
in diameter outside and thirty inches
inside, being six inches thick. 1t is
spherical, is OF wrought steel, and holds
sixty-one gallons; it took two weeks
to cool after manufacture. l can charge it
in less than one second with vapor, gene
rated by about three thimblefuls Of water,
that will run 500 horsepower engine nine
hours. This gauge registers $1,000 pounds
to the square, inchm4,OOo pounds over that
of gunpowder. We have tested it eight
times. The saiety-valve which you see
here" and Mr.. Kelley touched with his foot
n wrought-iron pipe q foot in diameter and
three inches in thickness, which enclosed,
loosely, a smaller pipe, "cannot do much
harm il it bursts, as the outer casing pre-
vents the pieces flying. Here is one we
split" and he placed his hands upon huge
''yalyc". that had been riven like reed.
90 The material we now Use almost entirely
is OF steel, forged in solid masses and bored
out. The COMPRISING cocks which are at
tached to that cylinder are my own invention.
Understand what we are fighting against is
thirty tons to the square inch. This machine
will develop $500 rse-power-enough to
run all the cars in Philadelphia and New
York put together-and can be charged
with seventy gallons of pure yapor per
minute. We have about fifty men employed,
ali told !; the work generally is done outside
BY ]. =. Morris and Morris Il Tasker, and
simply put up inside. Yes, that patch in
the wall is where u bolt that blew out went
through a short time ago. The greatest
care is needed, and yet some OF our APP
planes appear very fragile. This copper
tube, which you see is not much thicker
than Il lead pencil, and has passage not
| larger than pipe stem, Will stand Il pres
sure Of 100000 pounds to the square inch.
\ magnificent motor is being put together
by Messrs. Sargent & Cunningworth In New
York; it is, OF course, for our company"
Mr. Kelley then conducted the reporter to
his model-room, where a number OF deli
cately-constructed specimens OF liliputian
motors and machines invited inspection.
..There are so many points about the in
vention that it would take me three or four
days to describe them, and your paper far
more room than it could spare in year to
publish them. The present century has
given birth to many marvels-steam, tele-
graphy, etc.-and vic are going to astonish
the world in greater measure than even
great scientists can imagine. You may tell
the readers of the Times that, barring acct
dents, the motor will be in working order
by the Fourth OF July" The interview
then terminated Philadelphia Times, 5th.