Keely and His Discoveries: Aerial Navigation (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Victorian Vibratory Physics, Etheric Force Experiments, and Early Aviation DreamsBy Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore
Length16h 4m
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Keely and His Discoveries: Aerial Navigation is a remarkable late-Victorian exposition of John Worrell Keely's controversial researches into vibratory physics, sympathetic force, and the possibility of flight through etheric or acoustic energy. Written in a persuasive, documentary style, the book blends scientific report, apologetic argument, and visionary speculation. It belongs to a fascinating nineteenth-century context in which mechanics, spiritualized natural philosophy, and the dream of aerial navigation converged before powered flight had become a practical reality. Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore, a Philadelphia philanthropist and literary patron, became one of Keely's most devoted defenders and financial supporters. Her interest in his work reflected both intellectual curiosity and a broader cultural confidence that unseen forces—electric, vibratory, or spiritual—might soon transform modern civilization. Her writing seeks to vindicate Keely against skeptics while presenting him as a misunderstood discoverer whose inventions required patience, patronage, and imaginative sympathy. This book is recommended to readers interested in the history of science, technological utopianism, aviation before the Wright brothers, and the porous boundary between experiment and speculation. It is especially valuable as a primary document of belief, ambition, and controversy in the scientific imagination of the nineteenth century.
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GenreScience and Nature
Length16 hrs 4 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 1, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
36CHAPTER XII.
2PREFACE.
371891.
3INTRODUCTION.
38VIBRATORY PHYSICS.—TRUE SCIENCE.
4KEELY AND HIS DISCOVERIES.
39CHAPTER XIII.
5CHAPTER I.
401891.
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61872 TO 1882.
41“MORE SCIENCE.”
7INTRODUCTORY.
42CHAPTER XIV.
8CHAPTER II.
43VIBRATORY PHYSICS.—THE CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN MIND AND MATTER.
91882 TO 1886.
44CHAPTER XV.
10ETHER THE TRUE PROTOPLASM, AN EPITOME OF MACVICAR’S SKETCH OF A PHILOSOPHY.
45THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY.—KEELY THE FOUNDER OF A SYSTEM.
11CHAPTER III.
46CHAPTER XVI.
12THE NATURE OF KEELY’S PROBLEMS.
471891.
131885 TO 1887.
48AN APPEAL IN BEHALF OF THE CONTINUANCE OF KEELY’S RESEARCHES.
14CHAPTER IV.
49CHAPTER XVII.
15SYMPATHETIC VIBRATORY FORCE, 1887.
501891.
16CHAPTER V.
51MORE OF KEELY’S THEORIES.—HIS TRADUCERS EXPOSED.
17ETHERIC VIBRATION. THE KEY FORCE.
52CHAPTER XVIII.
18Etheric Vibration.
53A PIONEER IN AN UNKNOWN REALM.
19CHAPTER VI.
54CHAPTER XIX.
20THE FOUNTAIN HEAD OF FORCE.
55LATENT FORCE IN INTERSTITIAL SPACES—ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION—MOLECULAR DISSOCIATION.
21CHAPTER VII.
56CHAPTER XX.
22THE KEY TO THE PROBLEMS. KEELY’S SECRETS.
571892.
23KEELY’S SECRETS. 1888.
58PROGRESSIVE SCIENCE—KEELY’s PRESENT POSITION.
24CHAPTER VIII.
59(A Review of the Situation.)
251888.
60CHAPTER XXI.
26HELPERS ON THE ROAD, AND HINDERERS.
61FAITH BY SCIENCE: THE DAWN OF A NEW ORDER OF THINGS.
27CHAPTER IX.
62THE DAWN.
281889–1890.
63CONCLUSION.
29KEELY SUPPORTED BY DISTINGUISHED MEN OF SCIENCE. AERIAL NAVIGATION.
64KEELY’S PHYSICAL PHILOSOPHY.
30CHAPTER X.
65APPENDIX I.
311881–1891.
66APPENDIX II.
32THE KEELY MOTOR BUBBLE. MACVICAR’S LOGICAL ANALYSIS.
67APPENDIX III.
33CHAPTER XI.
68TO JOHN ERNST WORRELL KEELY.
34VIBRATORY SYMPATHETIC POLAR FLOWS.—KEELY’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE.
69Memorable Quotes
35KEELY’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE.
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