The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-20
OH 9ailg Argns.
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KEELY's NEW MACHINE
Experiments with S60,oo Engine
1900 Pounds Pressure to the inch.

Experiments with $50, 900 Engine.
1900 Pounds Pressure to the inch.
From the Philadelphia Times.
The directors of the Keely Motor Com.
pauy met the other evening to witness Kee-
~ sexperiments with new machine, which
weights more than twenty tons. It has
cost So0,O00, having been two years in pro-
cess OF erection, and was twice reconstruct
ed with other metal. because the first two
choices OF the inventor proved not strong
enough to restrain the energy of his vapor
Inc machine IS made OF wrought iron and
cast Steel Lit consists of spheres, basins.
standing tubes, and small reservoirs. with
wilderness of connecting rods, valves,
and tiny copper tubes. A globe of east
steel, four feet in diameter on the on
side, holds only twelve gallons, The CEN
tire eavlt7 Is 10 shell OF nine. inches thick
ness. The perpendicular tubes that reach
from floor to ceiling, at the other end of
the machine, have a central chamber of
three inches diameter, the Surrounding
metal being three inches thick, and out.
side OF it, one above the other, are huge
rings OF wroughtiron shrunk upon the nine
The copper tupes appear 10 be one fourth
and one-half inch in diameter, but the
aperture IN their centre is not large enough
to admit pin head. The machine is now
complete. Mr.. Keely is giving exhibitions
OF Its forces registering pressure to the
square inch, and is testing its strength
beforehe applies the power to large engines
first,he began to register pressure upon the
glage, which will register a pressure off
1880 pounds to the square inch. He
made nine tests, and with fve-twentieths
suspension of the water column and
ten pounds of air he produced ILL
0O0 pounds pressure to the inen
and had to shut the pressure because the
gauge would not stand more. The CON
denslng apparatus into which the vanor 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 twenty inch proiectile, It's |
design Is to reduce the vapor, the force of |
which has just been used, to water, for Use |
over and over again 10 the working of the I
machine. The Times representative had |
an opportunity to breathe the mvsterious
Vapor while the wonderful pressure was
upon the tubes. 1t was discharged into
his hands, his eyes and his mouth. l. was
perfectly cold and dry.
Within month, when he has made all
his experiments with his now comnIeted
machine' Mr., keely will endeavor to
snow the extent OF its power. In his con-
Guiding talk with the Times representative
Mr.. Keely said: This is new Substance,
a new force, altogether unknown to science
| don't pretend to be the inventor. T dis.
covered /. by accident could work this
machine up to ten thousand horsepower
IT the metal would hold. | shall certainly
work it upon 200 horsepower engine
soon. The little machine you saw 10 the
office, up stairs lit is only 9 feet long. and
feet wide, and feet high in it's highest
part, is the most powerful machine ever
1t was built for us bv Mr.
y" lizard, of Bordertown, who was drowned
4 few days ago. 1t was quart machine
That is to say, it used only quart oe wa
Ter. With the condenser that have now
nearly complete, will make that quart of
water produce thousand horsepower
motion Of sufficient duration to ran a
steamship across the ocean.