more held in suspension
than a ray of sunshine could be held in a darkened room."

I have been given to understand that a faithful account of everything
that has occurred in connection with Keely's discovery has been
compiled, and will be published "_when the time comes for the truth to
be made known_."

It is, of course, possible that this disclosure may be anticipated by
the arrival of another "crank and impostor" of the Keely type. Let us
trust he may arise from _within_ and not from without, scientific
circles, and thus avoid his martyrdom!

Meanwhile it may be interesting to quote from a published letter of
Lascelles-Scott, the Government physicist from Forest Gate, who visited
Keely's workshop in the interests of Science, and who was allowed to cut
and bring away with him pieces of the wire Keely was using. (Said to be
_tubes_ by the wiseacres!)

The following is the essential portion of Mr Lascelles-Scott's letter. I
only omit courteous expressions of gratitude to the editor and "to the
institutions and individuals alike" of the "beautiful city of
Philadelphia" where he was able to carry out his investigations.

Letter from Mr Lascelles-Scott to the Editor
of _The Public Ledger_, Philadelphia.

The only corrections of sufficient importance, to the general sense of
my observations at the Franklin Institute last Wednesday night, to call
for notice in your otherwise admirable report, are the following:--

Although my observations were only put forward as "preliminary,"
inasmuch as I have not yet _completed_ the outlined programme I had in
view, no words actually used by me justified the expression that "_I had
formed no very definite opinions_."

On the contrary, I stated more than once the very _definite opinion that
Mr Keely has demonstrated to me, in a way which is absolutely
unquestionable, the existence of a force hitherto unknown_. (The italics
are mine.--E. K. B.)

The conditions under which the experiments were carried out (as I
distinctly stated) _were such as to preclude the possibility of the
results obtained being due to any ordinary source of power, evident or
concealed_.

Moreover, I satisfied myself that the rotation of the "vibrodyne" was
neither due to, nor accompanied by, any traces of electricity or
magnetism. So far my opinion is and was expressed as being of the most
definite kind possible.

... I stated, and the statement was greeted by the audience with