The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-15

Motor koely's New MaehIne-He
GETS up o Continuance 20 Con.
troll The Terrible Power In his
MySteriOuS Vaporl
The directors Of the Kelly Motor com.
pAny me! last evening TO witness Keelys
Experiments with new machine. In a
building on Twentieth Street the four mo.
tors thu, far constructed are kept. The
new machine makes quite different ap.
pOGfaucs from the one with which KSe-
Us first exhibitions Of his alleged new
power were made. This machine weighs
more thean twenty tons. It has cost $50.
900, having been two years In process Of
erection, and was tWicN reconstructed
with other metal because the first two
choices OF the inventor proved not strong
enough 10 restrain the energy Of his va
por. The machine IL made OF wrought.
iron and cAat-steel. II consists Of spheres.
basins, standing tubes, and small reser.
voirS, with wilderness Of connecting
rods, valves, and tiny copper tubes. K
globe Of caltsteel, four feet in diameter
on the outside, holds only twenty gallons.
The centre cavity is in a shell Of nine
inches thickness. The perpendicular
tubes that reach from the floor 10 the cell.
ing At the other end Of tho machine have
central chamber Of three inches diane.
ter, the surrounding metal being three
inches; and outside Of it, one above the
other, are huge Hrought.iron rings shrunk
upon the pipe. The copper tubes appear
to be one-lourth and oue.hGlt inch Ia III. |
anetsr, but the aperture in their centre
is not large enough TO admit pin.head.
The machine 10 now complete. Mr.. Kee.
ly Is giving exhibitions Of It's force, reg.
isterlng pressure to the square inch, and |
Is testing It's strength before he appliSl
the power to large engines. First, he be.
gan to register pressure upon the guage,
which will register pressure Of II 800
pounds 10 the square inch. He made
nine tests, and with 5.20ths suspension
Of the WatEr.column and 10 pounds air he
produced 1000 pounds pressure 10 the
inch, and had to shut of the pressure DO.
cause the gauge would not stand more.
The condenIing apparatus into which the
vIpor is discharged is 4 cylinder that
holds three gallons OF water, and 10
strongly bolted and barred that it looks
as il made for the discharge Of q twenty
inch projSCtlls. It's design is 10 reduce
the vapOr, the force Of which has lust
been used, to water, for use over and over
again in the working Of the machine. The
Times representative had an opportunity
to test the quality OF the water introdu.
ced into the machine from the hydrant
and that 10 the condenser after its power
had been used. He drank u pretty good
quantity from each cylinder and found il
cold and free from any foreign taste, such
as would probably be caused BY explosive
powders. He had chance to breathe the
mysterious vapor while the wonderful |
pressure Was upon the tubes. Twas dis. |
charged into his hands, his eyes, and
his mouth. It waS perfectly cold and
dry. Within = month when he has made |
all his experiments with his new com.
pleted machine, Mr.. Keely will endeavor |
to show the extent Of its power. In his
concluding talk with the 4Tne'S represen.
tative Mr.. Keely said "This is new |
subStance;a new force altogether unknown
to science. don't pretend to be the in. |
ventor; l discovered it by accident. | |
could work this machine up to ten.thou.
ssnd.horc.power il the metal would hold. |
Ishall certainly work it upon a two.huu.
dred-horse.power engine soon. The little
machine you saw in the Office up stairs
lit is only nino feet long, two feet wide,
and three feet high in its highest part), is
the NEST powerful machine ever construct.
ed. 1t was built for US by Mr.. Willard,
OF BordentoWn, who was drowned a few
days ago. 1t is quart machine-that is
to say, it uses only a quart Of water.
With the condenser that have now near.
ly complete will make that quart Of wa.
ter produce thousand.horse. power mo.
ton OF sufficient duration to run steam.
ship across the ocean," One Of the di-
rectOrs said: ave have been laughed at
and called cheats and impostors, but ont
OF the original company who Joined in
raising the Sl2O, 900 already ex expended up.
on this invention only three or four have
withdrawn. We are the original crowd,
aud we don't think Of weakening. In
month or two now all Mr.. Keely's tests
will be finished, and we will show the
world whether he ia the greatest inventor
or the greatest humbug Of this age. "Sci.
entists, naChinists, and learned societies
are invited TO come and make every test
they can think Of."-PeiiGdAlphid Times. Oh |