In his magnetic engine he attempted to use the ether only as a medium for "sympathetic vibration associated positively and negatively with the polar stream." He states "Even as the magnet arouses the latent power in iron, my sympathetic polar harness will, by exciting concordance in the interstitial corpuscular domain, and then intermittently negatizing by association with the dominant thirds, the concordant 3rds, 6ths and 9ths, produce great power of rotation." [POLAR CURRENT, Keelys Mechanical Inventions and Instruments]
"He [Keely] at last came to the conclusion that it was impossible to use the ether directly in an engine as we now use and control steam and electricity. He therefore turned his attention after this to the use of the ether merely as a medium for "sympathetic vibration associated positively with the polar stream" in his magnetic engine." [ETHER - Snell]
"If a disk of proper proportions of silver, gold and platinum were used with the Trexar in connection with a "negative focalizer" (an accessory used in his magnetic engine, which he also calls his "polar radiator") the alloyed disk would exhibit high induced cohesion by adhering to this focalizer with such affinity as to become inseparable from it, notwithstanding any force which might be mechanically applied to pry them apart." [Snell Manuscript]
See Also
COHESION - Snell
ETHER - Snell
MAGNETIC ENGINE - Snell
POLAR CURRENT
THE NEUTRAL CENTER
THE NEUTRAL CENTER - Snell
Trexar