The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-03

The Philadelphia Pres, Of last We'd
uesdly, contains q long and interesting
description Of the "Ksely Motor, the pow.
er that will revOluLiOniEe the world"
From the Res' article we learn that all
Of the tests have been successful, the last
one being slightly marred by Il split in
one Of the SeFyice-pipes, not at oil mill.
ta,ing against the experiment as a fact,
The DESCRIPTION Of the machine, as seen
by unscienliie eyes, will serve as u pre-
liminary to the tests. 1t lie placed, says
the Rfea, on an iron bedPlats, two cylin-
ders or upright tubes on each end, eight
feet high, tho right-hand one twelve inch
es diameter, that on the left nine inches
diameter, each three inches bore on the
inside-wrought.iron rings are shrunk
on these tubes to strengthen them. Al
different distances graduated TO guSge
made by Shaw, to chow pressure on the
top and bottom, arc COMPRISING valves.
In tho center between these cylinders, at
the top, is a sphere Of fourteen gallons
capacity, with three tubes connecting
with middle one, smaller, which rests
on a chamber, teacup..haped, and in turn
rests on an ocLagonAl box, which is fixed
to the bed. plate, known as the explosion
box Of the machine. On each aide Of the
central portion is a shell fourteen inches
in diameter, seven inches inside, resting
on 4 base through which is three.quar-
ter inch tube. One tube connects the
shell with the explosion.boz, and all are
boltcd strongly together. On line with
the side shells rests what is called the ex.
plosion.levcr, and singular as it may
sound to thosewho have neser seen the op.
Grafton, this lever opens communication
with all the parts OF the machine, prOdu.
cling vibrating action and the vapor, that
impalpable thing about which there has
been 80 much speculation. Connected by
small copper tubes not over three.fOurths
OF an inch in diameter, are two very large
spheres Of ateel one termed the Register
ofiorcc," with capacity Of twelve and
ore.hali gallons, and nine inches thick;
the other sixty gallons, and ak inches
thick-the two becoming reservoirs Of
thepower The operation OF the machine
is 20 simple that those who have laughed
at the telegraph and the locomotive will
cease to do the same as they did with
those wonderful inventions. A rubber
hose, fve.eights Of an inch, is attached to
the hydrant, and water-about two or
three Gallons-.is passed into the machine.
The gauges, with graduate scales, indi-
cate the hight OF the water columns, the
result varying, az it docs, so far as power
is concerned. Air is forced into the up
right column on the left, with pump,
the pressure applied being usually about
five pounds, sometimes Us much "a ten
pounds. By application Of more air, or
by bleeding" Of the guuges, the pressure
is regulated at will, and the machine is
what is Technically called "set" The OPP
creations merely consist, then, in a mo.
ton Of the lever already described, and
certainly, Gays the Pres, its results we're
wonderful, and demonstrated that the pow.
er is made IRON the hydrant water and or.
binary air, no chemicals about it, and it
will drive an engine and transmit power.
The vapor passes from the machine into
4 steel shell, and into a condensing appa.
rHtus, whence it goes to a small tube and
thence to the engine. The valves were
all opened TO show the machine was clear,
air introduced, and the lever was lifted,
the first move showing $50 pounds pres.
sure on the gague to the square inch, and,
though the chamber for condensiDg was
open, the current did not blow out q
match held over it. With six and one:
half pounds air pressure, the gunge in.
dictated 5000 pounds 10 the inch, and then
600 on the third trial. On the fourth
it lifted large lever weighed register.
ing 5000 pounds dead weight The va.
por was turned into an expulsion cham
Der and the cap flew of with report like
rifle, frightening half those present:
aud lastly, five horsepower engine, with
three,quarter inch stroke and twenty
tour-inch 1y-wheeI, was driven at ESQ
revolutions to the minute. The skcpti.
cial engineers were convinced that the
power was there, and that it could be up.
piled. The present machine cost 100000.
One Of the engineers said they produced
fourteen and half vacuum on one expe-
riment, and fifteen is perfect, as all engi.
paars Lnow