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
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 1, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2PREFACE.
3INTRODUCTION.
4KEELY AND HIS DISCOVERIES.
5CHAPTER I.
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61872 TO 1882.
7INTRODUCTORY.
8CHAPTER II.
91882 TO 1886.
10ETHER THE TRUE PROTOPLASM, AN EPITOME OF MACVICAR’S SKETCH OF A PHILOSOPHY.
11CHAPTER III.
12THE NATURE OF KEELY’S PROBLEMS.
131885 TO 1887.
14CHAPTER IV.
15SYMPATHETIC VIBRATORY FORCE, 1887.
16CHAPTER V.
17ETHERIC VIBRATION. THE KEY FORCE.
18Etheric Vibration.
19CHAPTER VI.
20THE FOUNTAIN HEAD OF FORCE.
21CHAPTER VII.
22THE KEY TO THE PROBLEMS. KEELY’S SECRETS.
23KEELY’S SECRETS. 1888.
24CHAPTER VIII.
251888.
26HELPERS ON THE ROAD, AND HINDERERS.
27CHAPTER IX.
281889–1890.
29KEELY SUPPORTED BY DISTINGUISHED MEN OF SCIENCE. AERIAL NAVIGATION.
30CHAPTER X.
311881–1891.
32THE KEELY MOTOR BUBBLE. MACVICAR’S LOGICAL ANALYSIS.
33CHAPTER XI.
34VIBRATORY SYMPATHETIC POLAR FLOWS.—KEELY’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE.
35KEELY’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE.
36CHAPTER XII.
371891.
38VIBRATORY PHYSICS.—TRUE SCIENCE.
39CHAPTER XIII.
401891.
41“MORE SCIENCE.”
42CHAPTER XIV.
43VIBRATORY PHYSICS.—THE CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN MIND AND MATTER.
44CHAPTER XV.
45THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY.—KEELY THE FOUNDER OF A SYSTEM.
46CHAPTER XVI.
471891.
48AN APPEAL IN BEHALF OF THE CONTINUANCE OF KEELY’S RESEARCHES.
49CHAPTER XVII.
501891.
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