The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-23
Keely Heard From Again.


The Directors of the Kelly Motor
Company met the other evening to wit
ness Keely's experiments with new
machine, which weighs more than 20
tons. 1t has cost 100000, having been
two years in process of erection, and was
twice reconstructed with other metal,
because the first two choices of the in
ventor proved not strong enough to re-
strain the energy of his vapor. The
machine is made of wrought-iron and
cast-steel. 1t consists of spheres, ba-
sins, standing tubes and small reser-
voirs, with wilderness of connecting
rods, valves, and tiny copper tubes. A
globe of cast-steel, four feet in diameter
on the outside, holds only u gallons.
The center cavity is in shell of nine
inches thickness. The perpendicular
tubes that reach from floor to ceiling, at
the other. end of the machine, have
central chamber of three inches diam
eter, the surrounding metal being three
inches thick, and outside1of it, one above
the other, are huge rings of wrought
iron shrunk upon the pipe. The cop
per tubes appear to be one-fourth and
one-half inch in diameter, but the aper-
ture in their center is not large enough
to admit a pin head. The machine
is now complete. Mr.. Keely is giving
exhibitions of its force, registering pres
sure to the square inch, and is testing
its strength before he applies the power
to large engines. First, he began to
register pressure upon the gauge, which
will register a pressure of IL 800 pounds
to the square inch He made nine tests,
and with 5 20ths suspension of the water
column and ten pounds air he produced
1000 pounds pressure to the inch. and
had to shut off the pressure because the
gauge would not stand more. The con-
densing apparatus into which the vapor
is discharged is cylinder that holds
three gallons of water, and so strongly
bolted and barred that it looks as if
made for the discharge of 20-inch pro-
jectile. Its design is to reduce the vapor,
the force of which has Just 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 introduced
into the machine from the hydrant, and
that in the condenser after its power had
been used. He drank pretty good
quantity from each cylinder and found
it cold, and free from any foreign taste,
such as would probably be caused by
explosive powders. He had a
chance to breathe the mysterious
vapor while the wonderful pressure was
upon the tubes. 1t was discharged into
his hands, his eyes and mouth. 1t was
perfectly cold and dry. Within month,
when he has made all his experiments
with his now completed machine, Mr.
Kelly will endeavor to show the extent
of its power. In his concluding talk
with the Times representative, Mr.. Keely
said: "This is new substance; new
force, altogether unknown to science.
don't pretend to be the inventor; dis.
covered it by accident. could work
this machine up to 10000 horsepower
if the metal would hold. | shall GER
tainly work it upon a 200 horsepower
engine soon. The little machine you
saw in the Office, up stairs Gt is only
nine feet long, two feet wide and three
feet high in its highest part), is thu
most powerful machine ever construct
ed. 1t was built for US by Mr.. Willard
; of Bordentown, who was drowned few
days ago. 1t is quart machine-tha
is to say, it uses only quart of water
1, With the condenser that have nov
| nearly complete l viii make that quar-
of water produce thousand horse
power motion of sufficient duration +
run steamship across the ocean,
; Philadelphia Times.
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