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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
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Two interesting stories about Keely
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from personal anecdotes told by Dale Pond,
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Dan Davidson and Victor Hansen
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>>> A Run on the Stock Market <<<
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Keely was alleged to have invented a mineral disintegrator which
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could be tuned to a given substance to reduce it to dust. In this
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particular account, the device was tuned to Quartz.
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Sometime during the 1880's, Keely was experimenting with an
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instrument originally intended to be used to overcome gravity. When
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a block of quartz was used as a weight, the intense vibrations
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generated by the device partially disintegrated the quartz block.
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This came as a surprise to Keely but he analyzed the effect and came
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up with a device specifically designed to disintegrate quartz.
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As we understand it, the Quartz Disintegrator device was
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approximately the size of a Brownie camera with a protruding rod
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which in turn supported a vibrating plate. In use, the device was
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excited, which transferred the vibration through the rod to a plate
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which was made to vibrate over its entire surface. Wherever the
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plate was touched to a piece of quartz, disintegration would occur
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at that location, leaving only a fine powder.
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A group of twelve wealthy businessmen from New York heard of this
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experiment and came up with a brilliant idea to make money with the
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new technology.
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Since quartz contains threads of gold, if the disintegrator could be
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used for mining, it could result in large quantities of gold from
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relatively worthless mines. The disintegrator would only affect the
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quartz and leave the gold behind for harvesting.
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So, the businessmen went to Keely's lab in Philadelphia and asked
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for a demonstration. Keely placed a block of quartz on a table,
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the disintegrator was touched to the surface and within a short
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time, a pile of dust was all that remained.
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Needless to say, the businessmen were very excited about the process
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and asked if Keely could do this at a place of their choosing. Keely
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said yes. The businessmen offered to each pay Keely a check in the
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amount of $1000.00 if the experiment worked at a site of their
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choice.
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Within the next few weeks, a site had been selected. This site was
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a relatively worthless mine which had a very low yield. In other
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words, the cost of mining and processing the quartz was much greater
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than the amount of gold which could be extracted (by normal means).
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The site was a quartz vein in the side of a mountain. Keely asked
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that the twelve businessmen synchronize their watches. The
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disintegrator was excited and Keely applied the vibrating plate to
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the face of the quartz vein. Instantly a fine dust began falling
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wherever the plate was touched.
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Moving the disintegrator in an ever widening circular motion, Keely
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created a hole in the quartz about four feet in diameter. As he
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proceeded to walk into the vein, the businessmen marvelled at the
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exhibition of such a superior mining technology.
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After about 15 minutes, Keely came out of the hole which he had just
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bored into the now exposed vein. When measured, it was roughly four
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feet wide and almost twenty feet deep into the side of the mountain.
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On entering the passage, the businessmen picked up the small threads
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of unaffected gold which had earlier been suspended in the bulk of
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the quartz and now lay on the floor.
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Keely received twelve checks, each in the amount of $1000.00 for his
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efforts.
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The twelve businessmen thanked him and immediately returned to New
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York. On their arrival, they immediately began purchasing all the
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most worthless gold mining stock they could lay their hands on.
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Now, many smaller investors tend to watch the bigger guys hoping to
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copy their actions and make a profit. This is done even when they
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don't have the whole picture.
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In this case, many small investors also began to buy worthless gold
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mining stocks. After several months, nothing else happened and the
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small investors began to worry. After about a year, the small
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investors had to sell their purchases for pennies on the dollar
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since they were not in on the Keely Disintegrator secret and could
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not afford to wait like the more wealthy investors could.
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When Keely ran into trouble with the investors in the Keely Motor
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Company, he was ordered by a court to reveal all his secrets to the
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Company investors. In a fit of rage, Keely destroyed the Quartz
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Disintegrator along with many other one of a kind devices which he
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had constructed over a period of many years.
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As a result of this, Keely was never again able to duplicate the
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Quartz Disintegrator although he stated in later life that he
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understood it to a point that he could if he so desired.
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>>> The Harmony of the Spheres <<<
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Keely had the honor of exhibiting his Musical Globe at the World's
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Fair in the late 1880's. The Musical Globe was a spherical device
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which had one side painted white and the other painted black.
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When properly tuned, it could be excited by the simple act of
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playing a harmonica. This would cause the Globe to slowly spin
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under its own power which was derived from an arrangement of
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vibrating components within the sphere.
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John Jacob Astor and his entourage were visiting the various
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exhibits and had seen little of novelty or interest. However, they
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did find Keely's exhibit intriguing.
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Keely immediately recognized who Mr. Astor was (and the extent of
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his fortune) and spoke with him in private. Keely told Mr. Astor
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that the "good stuff" was in his laboratory and he would be only too
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happy to demonstrate a fascinating experiment if Mr. Astor could
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manage to visit the lab.
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Being bored with the rest of the fair, Mr. Astor decided to take
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Keely up on the offer and went to the lab.
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Now there is a picture taken in Keely's lab which has been of
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interest since we first saw it. There is no description or
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explanation of what the device is but this story seems to have
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something relating to it, as you can clearly see when looking at the
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device in the photo.
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Shown is a large metal sphere supported in a circular ring. An
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outer ring surrounds the inner and supports a number of various
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sized smaller spheres.
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Keely asked that Mr. Astor stand back and watch closely. He then
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went to one of his compound devices and began making adjustments.
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When the syren or whatever type of excitation he used was engaged,
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the large sphere began to slowly spin on its axis in the inside
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ring.
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Within minutes, the smaller spheres each began to spin on their axis
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at rates proportionate to their diameter. In addition, the smaller
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spheres began to orbit the larger central sphere. The smaller ones
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spun faster, the larger ones slower, and all seemed to be related to
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the large sphere spinning on its axis in the center ring.
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After a few minutes of this, the large sphere began to slowly rise
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into the air and with it, the smaller spheres also rose, all the
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while spinning on their own axis and orbiting the large sphere.
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There seemed to be some sort of equator generated by the large
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sphere which supported the smaller spheres.
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At a certain spot, the large sphere stopped rising and continued to
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spin while the smaller spheres of varying size began to fan out.
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Each reached a specific orbit which appeared to be a DIRECT ANALOGUE
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to our SOLAR SYSTEM.
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Just picture this, Keely standing there operating his machine, John
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Astor standing with his mouth open, both of them watching this
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miniature version of the solar system floating about the room.
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Astor reached up and grabbed hold of one of the smaller globes. It
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held him off the floor and continued to orbit about the central
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sphere with no diminution of speed or height, Astor laughing
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gleefully as he spun about the room.
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He eventually let go and walked over to Keely to ask about how this
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miracle was done. Keely said that he had indeed modelled the solar
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system and that each sphere was harmonically related in size and
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frequency to the planets and sun of our system.
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When his instrument was properly adjusted and excited, a natural
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sympathetic response was generated in each of the spheres to
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generate the same effect which makes the worlds move.
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Astor asked what would happen if one of the spheres were to lose
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control. Keely assured him that the chance of this happening was as
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remote as if one of the planets in our system were to drop out of
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orbit.
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However, Keely had anticipated such a problem and an experiment had
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been done to see what the effect might be. An enharmonious chord
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was set in to the compound instrument which would cause the sphere
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representing the Earth to lose its "tether" to our central sun.
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When the chord was played, the Earth sphere slowly moved in a
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straight line, creating a hole through the wall of the lab and
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disappeared from site.
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Seconds later, Keely readjusted the machine to an orderly pattern
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which caused the sphere to retrace its path and return to the proper
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orbit.
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The movie "Explorers" with the electrical point in space is the best
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demonstration of this effect that we have come across.
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Astor was dumbfounded by the entire experience. We have no further
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information on this particular story, so we don't know if Keely got
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funding or whatever.
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If you have comments or other information relating to such topics as
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this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the Vangard
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Sciences address as listed on the first page. Thank you for your
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consideration, interest and support.
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Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson
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Vangard Sciences/KeelyNet
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