The New York herald., 1922-03-15

He tuned up bit and then asked:
How many times shall / make
that globe revolver"
Twice" asked one OF the impressed
observers
Keely twanged the either and the
globe turned over twice.
Ten times"
The prestidigitator footed the pitch
pipes and the globe spun ten times.
"Of course, the engineer OF loco
motive propelled by my motor will not
have TO take up the either nor win he
be required to whistle like a Pam"
explained keely. "All that will be
taken care of by sustained resonance"
Then tho guests or this scientist
were admitted to Il room where huge
and complicated tangle OF wheels and
rods stood. Keely hummed couple
OF bars of popular song. The wheels
began to whirr and the rods to click
against each other.
But what OF it?" demanded one of
the scientists
This machine will so neutralize the
force OF gravity" replied Keely, that
child will be able to pick it up with
one hand and hold 1t at arms length.
Inert. 1t must weigh tons. as you see."
But how will It be used?"
"Limitless use." cried Keely. with
machine like this, but no bigger than
your hand. l shall be able to run a
street car crowded to the roof and the
motor would show no motion"
when VIII you be able to do all
this?"
Soon. soon." said Keely. "I shall
not give the world this machine Lalf
completed. When this scientific mys-
terry is mine beyond peradventure, and
when / am amply protected with
money against theft of my ideas the
world may have IT, For fifteen years
was hindered by an incomplete
hypothesis. Five years ago struck
the proper trail. And now you see
miracles.
Wore Many Diamonds.
Have look at this Keely. He was
quite swarthy. and had a weakness for
large and brilliant diamonds, which he
was wont to display in an open and
generally dirty shirt front. His hands
were enormous, the knuckles large
and malformed. When not tinkerinr
with his motor he was usually pla.ytng
checkers with grimy fingers on a
filthy board with battered draughts.
Early in life he was cabinet maker
and musician by turn. In the winter
ne worked for a cabinet maker in
Philadelphia. In the summer he con-
Quoted small orchestras In holiday re-
sorts.
AS early as 1874 he announced that
ne had mastered the problem OF per-
petual motion and a number OF New
forkers engaged a patent attorney in
Philadelphia to examine it and make
report. On November 10 of that year
the first Of Keely's demonstrations was
made. The New Workers. requesting
the inspection were John j. Cisco, a
banker and at one time United States
Sub-Treasurer in New York; Charles
G. Francklyn of the Cunard Line.
Charles II. Haskell, author of Has
kell's Tables: Henry S. Sergeant.
president of the Ingersoll Rock Drill
Company: w. d. Hatch and Enos T.
Throop OF the Hatch Lithographic
Company; John S. Smith. manufac-
turer Of steam heating apparatus, and
William B. Meeker, a banker.
The report Of the lawyer--Charles
B. Collier-was we'll received by these
men and they at once gave Collier
$4,000 with which to purchase Keely
stock. These men ukewi.e received an
option on $4,000 more stock until Col
lier's favorable report might have fur
ther veriflcation.
In the meantime Mr.. Collier had dis
posed OF the New England rights for
an option Of $4,000 and the agree