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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
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June 28, 1991
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KEELY3.ASC
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This file is from Review of Reviews of
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Santa Clara University of 1899, page 475.
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This file courtesy of Dan Davidson.
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The Story of the Keely Myth
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Mr. Julius Moritzen makes an interesting tale in the April
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COSMOPOLITAN out of "The Extraordinary Story of John Worrell Keely."
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Mr. Moritzen says that Keely was in truth a genius, as none else
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than a genius could have kept the world's most eminent scientists
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guessing for twenty years. His "vibratory generator" was first
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exhibited to a dozen well-known Philadelphians on November 10, 1874.
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Even in the minds of the most skeptical there was always at least a
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doubt in the mystery about Keely's projects until the day of his
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death, when his house was investigated and the commonplace trickery
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of his methods exposed.
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"Leading Philadelphian scientists assisted in the work, and the
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first discovery came in the shape of an immense steel globe. Almost
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covered with dirt and rubbish, it was held down in the earth of the
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cellar by heavy beams.
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When relieved of its incumbrance the sphere was lifted out of its
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resting-place, and subsequently was found to weigh more than three
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tons. On the top of the globe a hole was discovered and, screw-
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threaded, the cavity gave a wider diameter the further penetrated.
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"Immediately near the sphere was found an iron pipe which led for a
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distance of more than fifteen feet into the space under the front
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room. Here was discovered a pit lined with wood and covered by a
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trap-door.
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Fresh ashes gave evidence of a careful demolition of material not
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thought valuable enough for removal, and yet necessary to have out
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of the way. In these ashes, however, were found short sections of
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what at first was considered to be wire, but subsequently proved to
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be brass tubing.
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A large amount of glass tubes was likewise found in the debris. The
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fragments left behind gave striking evidence of the care exercised
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in removing the Keely motor machinery from its home.
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Page 1
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"The next day still greater results rewarded the searchers of the
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premises. The room in the rear was curiously raised above the
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others, and this was the apartment in which Keely conducted all
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those experiments which had puzzled the world until his death.
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"When the floor was torn up the revelation was complete. Through
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the joists, in holes specially cut for the purpose, ran a short
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brass tube. Other tubes were discovered also, and the whole went to
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show that the motor had been connected here with the spherical
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contrivance in the cellar.
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"In the presence of Prof. Arthur W. Goodspeed, professor of physics
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at the University of Pennsylvania, Prof. Carl Hering, one of the
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most eminent electrical engineers in the country, Prof. Lightner
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Witmer, professor of experimental psychology of the University of
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Pennsylvania, and Mr. Moore, who had the investigation in charge,
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the nature of what had been laid bare now came in for earnest
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consideration.
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It was determined beyond a doubt that the tubing and the spherical
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reservoir found in the cellar stood conclusively for the argument
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that compressed air might easily have accomplished all that had been
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demonstrated so mysteriously by Keely."
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Mr. Moritzen goes into the details of Keely's trickeries and shows
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just how he probably got his "etheric force," which tore apart great
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ropes, broke and twisted iron bars, and discharged bullets through
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twelve-inch planks with what seemed to be an entirely mysterious
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force.
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In his exuberance of success Keely declared that he would be able
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with a quart of water to send a train from Philadelphia to San
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Francisco, and that to propel a steamship from New York to Liverpool
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and return would require just about one gallon of the same.
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Keely never allowed the slightest hint to fall as to the details of
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his secret force, claiming that this would hurt the commercial value
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of his discovery. Mr. Moritzen says that Keely's true secret was in
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the promoter's charm of manner and insight into human nature.
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