The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-12
PUZZLE.
An exhibition That Delighted the
Stockholders and Astonisned
the SkepTics

John ". kce!y gave another eNA5o--
ton ii tho progress hc has ast@iae4 y
lie Geye!oancat o. Migratory forces.
By 4 series u highly Interesting cAIe-
rmguts lie inventor succeeded .l t-9t
gu.alv mvstIy.n- the wlsest among 4
company 0l exceptionally nte.--5eIt
men.
Among tie gentlemen WHO stood
about watching tie eccentric inventor
movements rom behind huge castiu+
and MYSTERIOUS engines oi the iutufs
were General Thomas. !. Heath, o.
Cincinnati; Captain Van Rted aud
Lieutenant Za.euski. Of the ] .th United
states Artillery Captain N.eAae4.s, oi
81 tie Ordnance Department OF the
United States Army J. J. Davis. con-
,ultin. engineer Ct the CrotOn Aqueduct
Company and yiee-president 81 the Bel.
/ Telephone Company john L. Woot-
zen. OF the Reading Railroad Com
pany Henry w. Spangler, engineer IN
/ the United states Navy and assistant
professor of dvuamical engineering IN
the University OF Pennsylvania; Pto-
Charles VI Cresson, DR., d. L. Woods,
w. barnett Levan and Messrs. Charles
b Collier and George i. Collier.
Mr.. Keely performed u experiment
that was new and significant. The mys-
terious generator, in which the inventor
claims to produce his etheric vapor by
the d-isintegration OF water. appeared IoI
the first time perfectly insulated from
all its surroundings. The bed-plate
upon which its rests had been lifted
bodily from the floor and placed upon a
pair of iron rollers on which Mr.. keely
moved the whole machine back and
forth so freely IS to disprove the allie
cations of skeptical theorists who have
maintained that the curious Instrument
was connected with power located else
where. When all the soldiers, profess.
ors and doctors had poked under
the generator and scrutiniZed its me
chanism to their hearts content, Mr..
Kelly proved by blowing through it that
il was perfectly empty. Then he bold
" took several swallows of Schuylki.
water into his mouth, the horror Of DR.,
Cresson, the chemist. Grasplng a rub
Der tube connected with the small pipe
of the generator Mr.. kecly injected the
Schuylkill water from his mouth into
the machine and DIR. Cresson appeared
relieved. The inventor turned seycra
stop-cocks, made what he calls an cX'
pulsion of vapor and announced that the
generator was charged for the entire
work of the afternoon.
With turn of the wrist Mr.. keeIy
next made an expulsion into q strong tub'
Of drawn copper, which impingcd upor
the lower end ola one incL piston SET II
a strong cylinder. a heayily-wei.hteC
lever, with . multiplication Of Is to /
pressed upon the head OF the piston
There was I momcntary rush like tht
sound Of escaping steam and the leyeI
with its ponderous weight jumped a
though Hercules himself had struck it
4 little calculation made BY MIR. Dawn
proved that the turn Of the inventor
wrist had evolved and applied d dynami,
or elastic force showing an energy 0fhon
10, 900 10 20, O00 pounds to the squar,
ince. Then Mr.. Collier and Lieutenant
Zalenski climbed upon the end Of ii,
ponderous bar and added their weight L
the levers burden. Mr.. Kee.y rave thu
piston another charge and the lawyer anC
lieutenant were suddenly shot up among
the ~rafters of the low ceiling.
Il am quite convinced that there il
power there" said the lieutenant, as ht
knocked the dents out of his hat anC
brushed the cobwebs from his moustachC
and goatee.