The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26
KELLY EXHIBITING HIS MOTOR.

depolar sympathy. 1t was a sort of wheel
within a wheel. Mr.. Reely moved a glass
table to the middle of the room and put
copper globe about seven inches in dame
ter upon it. There was some curious
mechanism attached to this globe, too
complicated 10 describe. A twisted fun
mel, like an ear trumpet communicated
with the interior Of the globe.
Mr.. Keely took big tuning-fork in his
hand and struck 1t upon one of the steel
rods attached to the globe. Almost imme-
diately the wheel OF the machine over
against the wall began to revolve. The
only apparent connection between the
globe and the machine against the wall
was single strand OF wire. And the gal
vanometer showed that no electricity was
present.
what do you think?" whispered one
scientist to the other.
"a new force, whispered the second,
''or a new trick"
Why does this happen?" asked the
first scientist of the smiling Mr.. Keely.
Simply the interchange of polar and
depOlar sympathy" replied Mr.. Kelly.
Next there was a gold-colored GLOBE
mounted upon iron rods and set upon a
glass slab, four feet long and over an inch
thick. Mr.. keely tied one end OF q silk
thread to the machine and carried it
across the room and passed it through q
small window into the next room and put
his heaG through the window. He had
a either, two pitch-pipes and a mouth
organ.
Tell me how many times l shall make
the globe revolve," he said.
Make II reTolve twice. said Mr.. Nc
Andrew.
Mr.. Kelly played a note on the pitch
pipes, twanged the either, and the globe,
twenty feet away from him, reYoIved
twice.
Three times, said Mr.. Brinton.
Keely played a different note and the
globe reyolved exactly five times. Then
he twanged and played and the globe re-
volyed rapidly. Mr.. McAndrew cut the
silk thread and the globe stopped in
stantly. The scientists examined the
globe before and after these exDeriments
but could discover no cause for the mo-
ton.
After showing one other equally amaz-
ing machine Mr.. Kelly took his audience
into the next room to view the great mo-
tor. This is an entirely new machine, I'M
like any previous keely motor except in
one respect. That one point OF resem-
blance is that 1t, TOO, is mot quite fin
ished, is lust about done" will "soon
astonish the world"
Said Mr.. Keely as they stood looking at
the nuge complicated mass of iron and
steel: big as this thing is it will so neu-
tralize the force of gravity that child will
be able to pick it up and hold it at an
arm length
But what of it, Mr.. Keely?" asked one
gentleman. ITO what use can you put
it?"
'Iimitless use," replied Mr.. Keely.
with a machine like this, but no bigger
than your hand, will be able to run
streetcar crowded to the roof. And the
motor itself would show no motion"
And when?"
pretty soon, pretty soon. I do not
mean TO spring the thing half done. Not
until the scientific mystery of the force is
mine. For fifteen years l was hindered by
an incomplete hypothesis. Five years ago
/ began on another tack. Now you see
what I have
John Ernest WorraIl Kelly is now over
68 years old. He is young-looking for his
years, OF great physical strength, a smooth
and persuasive talker, man OF dominating
character. He has been at it over thirty
years. And you see what he has.
A Bridge Built Entirely OF Concrete.
Concrete is coming rapidly into use as a
substitute for stone. The fact is attested
by its use in bridge building, which has
been done in Europe in several cases, but
the concrete has been invariably re-en-
forced by iron Orders, except where the
structures were very small and designed
for light traffic only. a very interesting
experiment of this nature is being tried at
Belleville, ILL.,, where bridge for street
railway service has been constructed en-
tlrely OF concrete, saws the PHILADELPHIA
Record. The bridge has a span of forty
feet and IS built on piling. 1t will cost the