Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-14
KEELY's MOTOR TESTED.
"A Number of New York Capitalists Pro
nOunee the Trial Perfectly SuccesfuI


nounee the Trial Perfectly SuccesfuI
John W. keely, the inventor, last eve
ming, says the Philadelphia Press of Oct.
IL, gave private exhibition of the power
| of his mysterious motor in the presence
of party of prominent New York capi-
talists, who came over to witness the ex-
periments upon the invitation of f. G.
Green, the President of the Keely motor
company. The result of the experiments
was very satisfactory, although they were
put reproduction of previous tests made
by Mr.. keely in the presence of the direc-
tors OF the motor company.
In his first experiment Mr.. Keely
charged his generator with two
goblets of water, which he in
Jected into the reservoir by means
OF his mouth. In less than five seconds
he charged the receiver with the etheric
Vapor. he communicated the force
through long, slender, hollow brass
tube to piston capable of withstanding
pressure of $4,000 pounds to the square
inch. The piston operated a lever, upon
one end of which was a big iron ball
weighing go pounds. With one eXpul-
sion of the Vapor this great weight was
lifted as easily as though it were
feather. Mr.. Keely then added
lever another iron ball weighing 1l2
pounds, making the total weight 1852
pounds. A second expulsion of vapor
was made in two seconds, by simply turn
ing stopcOck on the generator, and the
two iron balls silently moved upwards,
showing that the vapor was eXerting at
the piston force of II, ,730 pounds to the
square inch. Two gentlemen of the party
then stepped on the long arm OF the lever
and were also easily lifted up, the pres
sure shown at the piston being over Ii, 900
pounds to the square inch.
Mr. heely's next experiment was with
the motor gun he recently used at Sandy
Hook. The first bullet, OF lead, nearly an
inch in diameter, was projected through
two blocks of wood each three inches
thick and placed one foot apart. The
holes in the wooden barricades were as
clean as though bored by an auger. The
barrel OF the gun was not heated by the
projection Of the missiles. Several shots
were fired, and the bullets were flattened
out as big as saucer and as thin as pa
per against a steel barricade. Some of
the gentlemen present were afraid the gun
would burst, so great was the power of
propulsion developed, and sought refuge
behind the large motor as yet upcOm-
pleted.
The third experiment was with the
small 15.hOrse power motor. The con-
nectiOn with the motor and the generator
was made only after considerable delay.
1t being found necessary to do consider
able soldering of the Joints In the tube
leading from one machine to the other
Finally, shortly before midnight, this was
accomplished, the etheric vapor was
turned on and the motor moved off as
easily and regularly as if operated by a
steam engine. Mr.. Keely regu-
lated the revolutions at will. Efforts
were made to stop the revolu-
tiOns of the motor by means of
an iron crowbar, but were without effect.
The motion was not percepti5ly affected.
In many respects it was the most sue
cessful exhibition of the motor ever
given. A very high and uniform rate of
speed was shown, and it was demon
stated by scientific tests that the power
developed was enormous-sufficient to
operate with equal ease a 500-horse power
machine. The gentlemen present were
delighted with the experiment.
The final exhibition was that of an in
genious contrivance devised by Mr.. Keely
to display simple application OF the
etheric vapOr, 1t consists simply of rcd
Of metal running from a very small re-
ceiver. One end of the rod was placed
against the support of hollow brass
globe set on an axis. BY hitting the re-
ceiyer and intensifying thevibratiOns over
the rod the hollow globe was made to re-
volve go rapidly as to produce sound
like that made by a buzz-saw. Three
cheers were given for Mr. Keely at the
end Of the experiments