The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-25
The k0sIy MOTOR.

MADE By THE INvESToR-THE AUL1IrlI-
GATOR AND ITS OPERATIONS.
philadelphia Correspondence OF the Pittsburgh
Chronicle, August 10th
Last evening formed one Of q party OF
gentlemen for whom special exhibition
Of the kcclv motor had been arranged. who
con@regatcd about S o'clock at kcc'y's
shops, and spent the evening there in cS-
aminn@ the machinery and viewing the
experiments which Mr. kccly kindly made
for Us. These experiments propose to de-
scribe. because they are very astonishing To
me, and | think will be interesting to your
readers. am not, however. to be regarded
as convert to Keelyism, or to be placed in
any other position than an observer, who
proposes to accurately report what he saw
without attempting to account for anything
he did see.
The gentlemen invited turned their attcn-
ton first to an immense machine, weighing
lwcntv-one tons, tested 10 $4,000 pounds
pressure, which Mr.. keely calls "multi-
plicator," and is used solely for the manu-
facturc OF what he calls the 4" vapor.' This
yapor, when thus made, is passed off iuto
receivers, and from thence conveyed as
power.
or course the general interest was GEN.
tired on this multiplication. When every
thing is ready for the making OF vapor 4
short lever is lifted with rapid motion
once, when the vapor is Immediately gene
rated; 50 yUu may imagine 1t was eXam-
ined with close scrutiny, because 1t was tue
only eXternai appliance, and il the effect
was dependent on connection between 1t
and something hidden within, TIE connec-
ton was already made, and would be mani
tested by action. 1t was lifted upand pull
Il frnT, hx-u n IisnGSpI
before the mutiplicator was charged, with
out any effect.
Then Mr.. Keely let in bydrant-Watrr,
opened all the cocks, and it discharged it
self through the machine. and, as discharged,
was tasted by number present, who were
unable to detect any difference caused by
the process Of going through the machine.
lie then closed the cocks, again put on the
water with hydrant pressure; affixed an air
gauge, and pumped in air until the gauge
indicated pressure OF five pounds. Then
taking the lever before mentioned, he gave
u quick, short motion upward. and instanta-
neously the vapor, carried through tube
one-siXteenth aperture, indicated on mer-
curry gauge 5000 pounds pressure to the
square inch. He then put on seven pounds
Of air. and the pressure obtained was 5000
pounds: then he gave ten pounds OF air,
and the gauge registered 5000 pounds pres
sure.
This result was instantaneous-no delay
whatever. So far, nothing was put into
the multiplication by Mr.. keely or anybody
else from the time we got there except
water and air, as described. IL anything
else was in, it was put there before we az
rived.
The yapor thus indicated by the gauge
taI fr inf u
il condensed; but he also cut Off the con-
densation at will. and held the residue OF
vapor in suspension.
His next experiment was ON long iron
lever weighted at the extreme end OF the
arm with a red-and-twentv-pound
weight The raising Of the naked lift re-
quires eleven hundred and twenty-five
pounds, but weighted as this was it required
five thousand pounds pressure. The object
Of this experiment was to show the elasti-
city as we'll as the energy OF the vapor. The
weighted arm flew up as soon as the vapor
was admitted.
His next experiment was in running an
engine situated in An adjoining room, which
he succeeded in doing perfectly. The escape
gave an opportunity OF testing the vapor,
which disclosed power in the expulsion,
but no taste, odor, or humidity. a chemist
present applied prepared teSt-paper, but 1t
remained unaffected.
At the close OF the experiments (after 1O
the water was drawn from the multiplica-
tor, Of which I drank, and it disclosed no
difference in taste from the hydrant-water
which went in in the first place.
This summary contains the facts, about
which there can be no deception, and
which, think, will be corroborated by all
present the party included clergyman OF
high standing, 4 chemist, q physician, 4
manulacturer-whoe evidently believes that
deception had been practiced by keely
before we got therc-and other gentlemen
of intelligence.
Charles 3. Collier, Esq, patent lawyer
of high standing, has devoted four years
inccssantly to the completion OF the ma
chine, with Keely, from morning till mid
night He says that he is thoroughly iami-
liar with the machine in its construction
and in all its parts, and has had from the
first, and now has, the most unfaltering faith
in the motor. He also says that the same
results were originally shown to him; that
the delay has been caused by the difficulty
OF procuring castings to stand the immense
pressure required; that now Mr.. keely is
engaged in experimenting to ascertain re-
suits from ranging proportions Of water
and air; and that very shortly practical de-
monstration will be given Of the value OF
the Keely motor.