The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-10-02

KEELY's STRANGE MOTOR. a.
Tho Laushed-at Inventor at Last Makesss
Mr.. John Keely, ,>the author of what is
tknownf as sKsely 8 Motor g vent from
EPhiladefphia EoNew Yerk Saturday to
department I'M the presence Of United
States army officers with the new force
which he had discoveredJ and! the new
machinery invented by him to create
and control that unknown and mysterious
force. "a few days ago Col. Hamilton,
the great grandson of Alexander Hamil.
ton, and an officer at Fort Hamilton, on
1.-The Narrows, visited MI. Keely'si fidi.
culed workshop at Philadelphia. He
was astonished by what he saw there,
and wrote to the War Department in re.
gard to q gun which Mr.. Keely discharged
By that force of whose secret he is the
sole conservator. Secretery Robert
Lincoln sent the derided Mr.. Keely per.
mission to try his gun at the Government
rife range at Sandy Hook. In addition
to Col. Hamilton, Lieut.. e. Z. Zalinskii,
Capt. G.. v. Weer, Lieut.. S. A. Day,
Lieut. Blk. Roberts and Lieut.. E. r.
Hills, of the regular army, were present
to witness the experiment. Also large
number Of prominent gentlemen, includ-
ing Dwight Lawrence, Geo. H. Peabody,
Robert Cornell and E. g. Randall, of the
Erie Railroad.
It Is said Saturday was the first time in
his life that MI. Keely had been induced
to leave his laboratory. He is tall
iron. .gray.haired man, with determined
expression of countenance. he is said
to be ffty.eight years ofage.a His fingers
are huge and have large Jumps like
p1umbs at the end, owing to his manual
s1ab0rs. Beside him were the not very
iformidable.look boxing instruments to be ex.
=hihited. "a small guT.with "a II bore,
resting upon wheels, an iron sreceiver q
yard and g half long, containing the mys.
terious force and connected with ,the
;gun By an iron wire tube 3-16i iof an inch
In diameter; q small intensifer, also con.
inected with the gun q wooden target
400 yards distant. The spectators saw
snothingeIse. There was solittle apparatus
that people felt inclined to be disappoint
ed, but Col. Hamilton looked 80 busy and
MI. Keely 80 nervous that they felt quite
satisfied.
e r. Keely took q small leaden ball, A
ounces in weight, and with a wooden
stick rammed It down the muzzle of the
lgsSSs n xtau9knot, "a GhoDorn ar nd in
:necfomatic fashion tapped the iron re-
5ceiver containing the mysterious force.
The crowd involuntarily stepped back,
expecting an explosion. Nothing but
smetallicT Tsounds VISA heard sEMrs KeelY
stated thSt thiS action was to- Sstimhlats
this TibfaEory aolces Then, turning a
handle, the first experiment. was con-.
.cluded. The ball was projected from the
gun with ashort, sharp sound. There
was NOS heat, the. muzzle Of the. gun,
being as cold as it was before the ball had
been placed in it. There was no smoke.
There was very little recoil. The pro-
5iectile was sent to a distance of 800 yards,
the elevation used having been 81 de-
grees. ~ fes ~
=<@-WOnQerauI J. SalosCoi: hauiiIou.
"Strange! calculated the crowd.
The next shot, from an elevation OF
six degrees, struck the target one foot
above the centre: The third shot passed
to; the left above the target. The fourth
was attended with 9 similar result The
fifth struck the target at the bottom. The
sixth and seventh went 70 the .eft, ana
other shots were sent IN rapid succession
to show that the power 10 ne receiver
was by no means exhausted. lne ume
be BE secolids. lhei Velocity was !nen
aseertalned Dy means OF bouiager @ in,'ia, ~ Ia
ye!ocimeters One snos,was as iouno 20 %
projected at the rate OF 80 ieet per sec
sond, the next at 4sz y .st feet per SECOND,
another at ozS feet per secono. OF az
about one third. Inc 'yeioclty. Ns oDGaineo Dy
the Sprngnelo rlne; lntee oainea spauIe
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ms lnyenslon: 70 ssSIa lns;o forcaS y
money-graocing 5molia., s,v apy3.a0ho
Was,tne only explanation ne'so'u"'ee,eu'
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;John w. keeiy, y,fatl1lee ssl1xeggoi - sue 70
skeely motor, who 4 mas sa. aenlea nimse!l 70
sa.ifinteryieWers aor, iour years, e4plalneo