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What if sound could power an engine—and a loyal supporter could make you feel the force of that promise?
In Keely and His Discoveries, Clara Jessup Moore presents the case for John Worrell Keely, a self-taught Philadelphia inventor. He claims that vibration can release energy stored in matter, promising engines that need neither coal nor steam. Moore stands beside him as he faces critics who doubt his devices and question his promises.
The book moves from demonstrations in Keely's workshop to ideas about sympathetic vibration, ether, and hidden laws linking mind and matter. Moore writes as a believer, not a neutral observer. Keely's claims do not survive testing, but her defence offers a close view of the hopes surrounding them—and the language that gives those hopes shape.
What you’ll discover
- An inventor without standing Meet a self-taught man who claims a path to power outside the scientific societies of his day.
- Inside the Philadelphia workshop Follow accounts of demonstrations where visitors encounter Keely's devices and the promises attached to them.
- The promise of vibration Explore how an effect of sound becomes the foundation for Keely's much broader claims.
- Mind meets matter Trace the shift from proposed engines to a vision of hidden connections throughout the universe.
- A supporter's conviction Hear Moore answer doubters and discover how loyalty shapes her portrait of an embattled inventor.
Who will love it
For readers curious about Victorian invention, spiritual science and the history of failed ideas, and anyone who enjoys hearing a believer's case for hidden laws connecting mind and matter.
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- A Philadelphia inventor finds a patron
- A motor said to run on vibration
- Sympathetic vibration as a law of nature
- Demonstrations before a believing audience
- From machinery to a vision of mind and matter
- Doubt, collapse and what lasted
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Keely and His Discoveries
by Clara Jessup Moore · 1893
In a Philadelphia workshop, Keely promises power from sound, and a loyal patron makes his case to the public.
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Keely and His Discoveries is a book about John Worrell Keely, a Philadelphia inventor who said he had found a new source of power in sound. It was written by Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore, a Philadelphia writer and one of his supporters, and it appeared in the early 1890s.
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A Philadelphia inventor finds a patron
John Worrell Keely lived in Philadelphia in the second half of the nineteenth century. He was a self-taught man with no standing in the scientific societies of his day. Even so, he drew crowds of the curious and, more important, people with money. In the 1870s a company was formed to back his work, and shares were held by investors who hoped to own a machine that would change industry.
Mrs. Moore belonged to that circle of supporters. She was a woman of means and education, active in the charitable and literary life of the city. She came to know Keely and to trust him, and she stayed loyal for many years. Her book is the work of a friend, not of a cool observer, and she says so in its warmth.
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What is Keely and His Discoveries about?
It is about John Worrell Keely, a Philadelphia inventor who claimed to have found a way to draw power from vibration and the ether. The book describes his machines, his theories and the author's belief in his work.
Who was John Keely and what was the Keely Motor?
Keely was a nineteenth century Philadelphia inventor. The Keely Motor was his claimed engine, said to run on vibratory force instead of fuel. Investors backed it for years, but it never worked as promised.
Was Keely a fraud?
Historians generally say yes, or at least that his motor never worked as claimed. After his death in 1898, hidden equipment was found in his workshop that pointed to a concealed power source.
The author
Clara Jessup Moore
American poet and philanthropist
Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore was Clara Sophia Jessup Moore, an American author born in Westfield, Massachusetts, in 1824. She lived in Philadelphia and later in London, where she died in 1899. She wrote poetry and novels and published Keely and His Discoveries in 1893 under her married name.
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