Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-11
KEELY SHOWS soME powER:
But New York Engineer Sows Skepti-
cism in the Minds OF the OnIOokers.
From tie Neto York Herald.

From, tie Neto York Herald.
Half dozen newspaper men went to
Philadelphia from this city yesterday,
and, after climbing short staircase in a
one-story -and-a-half brick house IN North
Twentieth street, were introduced to
tall, dark-featured man, who weighed 200
pounds. There was CRIME in his black
side whiskers and moustache and he wore
no collar. He said the white shirt he
had on was the first he had INDUCED in
for six weeks. A dozen prosperous look
ing men called him John" and the news
paper men We're informed that he was Mr..
Keely, who is said to have been develop
ing wonderful motor for several years
past. One of the prosperous looking men
said that he and his fellow-drectors in the
company had supplied Mr.. keely with
$250,000 during these years, and that they
had great expectations.
Mr.. keely was to show what the motor
could do. BY demonstrating that the
thing was not fraud, as it had been
alleged TO be, 1t was expected that some
of the stock would be sold, which would
enable Mr.. keely TO continue his expert
ments. The inventor let the fire die out of
his cigar while he built up his 'gen-
orator." piece by piece. He put heavy
steel globe on top of it, which, he said, con-
tanned nothing. One of the party desired
to examine it, and Mr.. Keely became very
indignant. The directors scOwled at the
doubling Thomas and one of them told
Mr.. keely to 90 ahead. Mr.. keely went
ahead. He put in brass rod here, turned
a stOpcOck there, attached some hollow
wires to a lever in the corner, and said
he would raise it with the heavy weights
attached to it. A large tuning fork was
set in vibration by n violin bow, some
more stops were turned and the
weights were raised. Mr. Keely said the
force eXerted was $4,000 pounds. A New
York engineer OF big reputation who made
the calculations from the figures fur
nished by MIR. Keely said it was only 49,
! 600 pounds. Then the New York engineer
went out into the other room and re-
marked, while he tried not to laugh 50 as
to be heard:
"Thaps the blankest humbug i ever
saw. All that folderCi OF business about
the generator is bOsh. Any engineer with
half an eye could see that the generator
was only dummy. But take away those
cylinders with the compressed air in them
and see how it Will work.
| Then Mr.. keely revOlyed brass globe
on an iron rod. He said it was done by
the vibration of the tuning fork. The
| New GOrk engineer whispered that il was
! done by clockwork and signals and he
! could prove it. A large globe was next
reyolved, and betting from its wheel
turned shafting. Two shots were fired
from "a cannon, and two bullets flattened
against an iron plate. Mr.. Keely said it
was all done by his mysterious force.
/ The directors applauded him. The New
! York engineer showed in private how it
could all be done by compressed air, and
| the New York party sided with him.
| This is what Mr.. Keely said in response
! to the reporters query Of "what is it?7
sit is the liberation of interat0mic ether
| by vibration. The atomic ether Vibrates
all around all the molecules of matter.
! 1t has a magnetic focce attached to it at
! the same time, and it assimilates with
! the molecular aggregatiOns and atomic
| aggreP atiOns-assimilates with certain
attractive force that 1t is hard to tell
what it is. / call 1t "A vibratoTy negative.
| ItdOn't act like a magnet drawing metals
toward it. There is a certain magnetic
| effect about it that causes il TO adhere by
| vibratOry rotation to different forms of
matter-that is, molecular, atomic and
etheric. The impulse is given by metallic
impulses. The rotary power that is for
med by the etheric vapors is greater than
the force that holds it in pOsitiOn.'
The reporter hasn't the slightest idea
what it all means, but he took in short
hand the words as they fell from Mr..
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