Considerably more mysterious than the Keely motor is the success with which, every year or two, he claims the attention of practical scientists and men of affairs for one of his so-called exhibitions. He never showed anything except a few wheels set in revolution by a force possibly unknown, but certainly concealed, and he is always as particular about “conditions“ as a materializing medium. In such circumstances, of course, investigation is impossible, and it is the observers who become objects of interest and wonder, rather than the queer little machines.

Published: June 22, 1897
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