THE KEELY MOTOR.

Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 180, 30 December 1876, Page 2

THE KEELY MOTOR.

There is said to be much talk in American scientific circles about the Keely Motor. Mr Keely, a working man, declares that by means of a machine which he has invented, he can, without the use of fuel, and by merely turning a handle, generate out of water a vapour so much more powerful than steam that with a gallon of water he can drive a heavy train from Philadelphia to San Francisco; and with a hogshead he could impel a Cunard steamer from Liverpool to New York against a continuous westerly gale. The inventor, it is stated, has induced Mr Collier, a patents solicitor, to examine into tile matter, who was so struck with what he saw that he got a scientific man to verify it. Both agreed that Keely did actually produce extraordinary results, but they could not tell how these results were obtained. The Chief Engineer of the United States Navy, who witnessed the experiments, was equally assured that the thing was actually done, but equally at a loss to explain the doing of it, Mr Collier then formed a company in New York. A small capital for carrying out the preliminary experiments was raised. Mr Keely is said to have refused to receive a cent until the world has been thoroughly convinced of the x-eality of his invention, and until patents have been secured in every country.