The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-04-02
CAIRO ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, APRIL q 1875
OH 8ultetiM
Mr.. Keely and His Motor.
(New York Times.

NEW YORK FimeB.)
The heely motor, which has created so
much comment, has been subjected to a
severe test by Mr.. j. b. knight, secretary
OF the franklin institute, and well.known
scientific engineer. Mr.. Knights exsmin-
a.ions have extended through period OF
i've months, and as result of his labors
The alleged wonderful Keely motor takes q
back seat, beirg under a.cloud. ..Mr. knight
/ intimstes that the gauges on the motors
registered apparently / ,0C0 pounds TO the
: square inch, but he has reasons TO suspect
that the gulges were altered. he holds
that the machinery Is made large and mas
siye for the purpose of misleading those
who care " view 1t aud everyone else, and
! that there IL no occasion for II. In oper-
a,iDg the engine no vacuum was produced
or utilized as claimed. Mr.. Knight says
In another part OF his report: ~ bad been
promised sample of the 'vapor,' and
while the engine wa. running, upon the
lith OF November, filled bottle from the
exhaust pipe. Mr.. Ksely had prepared
strong iron vessel with s,op-cock, which
he then charged with 'vapor' under as
pressure which he emph aticsily declared
l,2O) pounds 10 the square inch, tina. being
tue reading OF the gauge on the sphere.
lostead o. taking 1t from the multiplication
however, or even from the BRASS sphere to
which the gauge WAS attached, he led q
tube from the sphere n receiver attached
TO his so-cslleu 'yaporic' gun, machine to
which our attention had not before been
directed, and which we had no opportuni-
ty TO examine, aud In tbi, indirec. way
charged the lube. These samples OF Mr..
ReeIy's 'vapor' were at once submitted 10
&. VI. CTosson, n. D., well-knOwn chem
lat, Tor careful analysis. BY this report
1t was seen that the to.cslled 'yapor' /.
but atmospheric air, and that the pse s-ure
10 tue tube was only ,5 pounds instead OF
the 1900 pounds claimed" In conclusion,
Mr.. knight drew the following conclusions:
First, that the machine called the ''multi.
plica'or," with its sttacments, including
the so-called "reac.ipg Device" aIe not
capable OF producing the effects claimed,
AMI that their enormous strength Is entire
ly unnecessary In sustaining the pressure
to which they are subjected, but are rather
calculated 10 astonish and misiead those
who witness his experiments. Second,
that the extreme high pressure claimed was
not produced, probably in no case exec ed
ing 800 pounds per square inch, and that
the readings OF the gauges and weighted
lever apparatus we're incorrect. Third,
that the sc-ca!led vacuum was not produced
by the condesation or absorption OF the al.
legged vapor. but by mechanics means such
as a previously exhausted chamber nr lite
equi' aIcnts. rourth, the substance ased
and claimed BY Mr.. Keely TO be new va.
por of his own discovery, simply atmos-
pberic air which had been previously
compressed and stored up in the various
hollow spheres and other chambers OF the
apparatus in the intervals between the ex-
periments. AS might be expected Mr..
keely is angry at these revelations, and
the stockholders who have expended q
million of dollars are sstonished. Keely
proposes TO give two public exhibitions a
week with the motor in an endeavor TO
demonstrate that is not fraud.