Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-28
KEELY'S BIG ENGINE.
4 sArnrAcNHY EXHIBITION WITH
Hrs HRw MACHINE.
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past dozen or fiftsen years, but meme OF
the former exhibitions were so mystic
nous or so wonderful o. the scientific
reception Of yesterday. MIR. Keely
used ell the terms known to science and
little scientific vocabulary Of his own
In explaining to his audience OF thirty
bow the thing was done. The Audience,
like former audiences. nodded their heads
inapproval and looked wise and, as usual,
knew Just as much about Kelly IS secret
when the show was over IS they did
before il began. Mr.. Kcely told those
present that il was the first trial OF his
pewest and biggest engine, and that he
was Just experimenting, and didn't
know whether the engine would run or
not. As he wiped the trucking perspi-
ration from his face be added that his
brain was all confused, but he guessed
everything would 60 oil right, as ne had
the chord Of mass and had made two
ejec,ments Of atmospheric pressure
from the big tube aud had secured an
Introductory impulse.
The scientists and capitalists looked
at each other helplessly and then
smiled at Mr.. Keely, and o number
/. said in chorus:
"oh, yes, certainly"
RUNNING TIE BIO ENGINE.
Inventor Kelly has heretofore given
INSTALLATIONS with small machines, and
the funny-looking copper globe forty
eight inches in diameter filled with
" resonators," which he used yester-
dsy. is about three times larger than
any machine he has ever used. lie said
that be could produce 250-horse power
with what looked more like washing.
machine than anything else. A hum OF
wondermsnt ran through the little
workshop, and then Mr.. Keely put
rosin on his fddle.bow, tuned
the forks on the drum Of
his "liberator," connected q copper
tube six feet long and one eighth of an
inch in diameter with q seyen-pint cy-
Under and then connected another cop
per tube Q thirty second Of an inch in
diameter and ten feet long with the en-
CINE from the seven.pint cylinder. The
sound liberated from the drum of the
"Eberator passed through the first
tube into the cylinder and then into the
smaller tube and into the copper globe
of the new machine. The bottled chords
of the mass which Mr.. Keely had chosen
for his power yesterday would run the
machine, be said. Something did run it.
The big copper globe revolved faster than
Any fy-wheel or bit Of machinery ever
seen in motion in machine-shop. The
copper globe, forty eight inches in dia-
meter, made seven revolutions every
second, and an independent belt-wheel
at one end Of the copper globe, which
Mr.. Keely said ran from the sympathy
of sound, made three hundred revolu-
tons minute, and its velocity fright
ened everybody in the room, including
Kelly. who danced around the shop
and told everybody to keep out Of the
way.
A TREMENDOUS VELOCITY.
The belt-wheel and the copper globe
went around so fast that they made
noise like the spinning Of huge top.
The noise sounded, too, like the rush.
ing, bowling Of a furious wind as the
copper globe cut the atmosphere and
turned il into dripping water on the
floor underneath. The hot little work
shop was chilled in two minutes, and
then as Kelly, greatly excited, turned
the cock Of the vibrating.tube and
made the copper globe calm down to
almost standstill, the capitalists and
scientists clspped their hands and took
of their hats.
saint that fine, gentlemen? asked
Keely smiling.
"Greatest thing on earth, answered
Albert K. Edey, the president Of the
Keely Motor Company.
onderful," came from q dozen
mouths, and then Mr.. Kelly started the
copper globe off again with all its fury.
1t shook the little workshop from cell
lar to ceiling and ratified the window
paDes.
~ can make the screw OF steamer
make six thousand revolutions minute
with this machine" shouted MIR. Keely
through the bowling Of the globe and
the belt-wheel.
Then we'll be able to 60 to Europe
in one or two days before long" re-
marked man in the audience.
MIR. Keely stopped the engine again,
and then made the globe revolve in
either direction, Just as he pleased. The
bottled sound in the "hberator was
Just as strong when he stopped as when
he began, and be said the machine
would run on ell day without charging
the "liberstor again with sound
from drawing the fddle-bow over the
tuning. fork.
Several tests were made with the le-
YER, which have been described fire.
auently. When the exhibition was
concluded L. II. Taylor, Jr., the broker,
moved that q vote Of thanks be ton
dered Mr.. Keely. Everybody shouted
AYE" and a ringing applause fol-
lowed. Mr.. Kelly will go away to-
morrow for ten days rest; then he
will return and study out some vibrs-
tory sounds, so that no will have the
machine more thoroughly under his
control. He doesn't know how long il
will take him or what the next step
will be, but he said the public would
hear from him very soon.
THE MEN WHO WERE PRESENT.
Those present we're Jacob II. Lin
vile, sx-president Of the Keystone
Bridge Company and now president Of
the Electric Telegraph Company; DR..
:. Strawbridge, DR.. ID. 4. Woods, Will
liam Bockel, +. A. Holmes. Colonel
j. L. Peyton, NJ. Richards Muckle, Jr.
T. @. Smith, Of the Westinghouse Air
Brake Company; W. w. Perkins,
John 8. Muokle, L. II. Taylor, Jr.,
Henry Smyzer, p. S. Dooner, Edward
A. Green, Charles b. Collier, and
Secretary Schuellermap, Of the CON-
pany-all of this city; and tho follow
ing from New York city: Albert r.
Edsy, president Of the Keely Motor
Company DR.. Wilfred Hall and DR..
Hudson, Of the Scientific Arena DR..
George Evans, +. g. Green, G. X. Dut-
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