Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-06-05

lGHT.-The Wheeling Clmphine Company |
~ having received a supply OF webbs Cam. !
phlne Ou aud Lamps, Is now ready 10 furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling, with the best light in all ro-
Epecis which has ever been offered to the public
Annexed is the result OF the ANALYSIS of the Cam
phine Oil and the opinion Of Professor Locke of
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati as 10 the
superiority Oi the article for light.
The Store Of the Camphine Company is on water
street a few doors above the stage Office where
the light may be seen nightly Sales are for cash
only. b T. SANBORNE, Principal Agent.
MR CAY, Agent for A. y H. ycJ6. Of Nsu Iork.
Having called on me ior my opinion with regard
to The use OF Camphlne. for the purposes OF artificial
illumination ! have. after examining the subject
eInbudied the following information.
L. Nature II Cd5HpttEc. Camphiue is a prOAimaie
vegetable principle, discovered some years since
10y Dumas, ct Puris. IL is mostly procured from
spinisoi TurponIiHc, aud is ia fact "a very pure
essence OF Turpcnune." IL Is capable OF combining
with oihei substances. aud of beng separated again
irom them without hcing changed IN ITS qualIiies
IL las therefore. like pure Alcohol and EihSr
permanent and distinct nature rs a chymical sub.
stance u Is cooIless, lmpid. moderately volatile
ana 'oinbusuhle. u the same MANNER rs spirits of
| Iurpeninc, but II = not explosive. Camphor diff
crs IromCamphine only ia containing oxygcnc hence
tue name OF Camphinc. OF basis OF Campaor
IL Economical rscof Cdmphipc for he purposes
| +. a. Use a.
Samph'ne for lights. WAS fully expressed ia my lee.
lures last winter. and see no cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend It, are follows.
l. II can be furnished in abundance. and at a
mudvraic price
= 1t affords light more brilliant than any other
substance huhcriu proposed tor common use
- IL Is safe, M no way explosive drnps no fire
''um Tie WICK. and leaves no fire uppn Il.
I Ia IS Cirauly. lcuygs nu ,rr.a.. ,,,,Ls aud Il
spilled on clothes or furniture cYnuoratss entirely
like Alcohol.
>. Il enduros any natural degree Of cold without
becoming m the least cuugeaIed
D. The lamps IA order need no snufliug
or raising OF the wick, hat merely require to be
Kept clean aud 10 be filed d. often a. they burn
themselves empty.
Remark The CHmFhiuc 10y exposure To the air
may after somc months keeping. become a liul,
deierIoraied and begin 10 form black crust OF
The wick. The article under these circumstance,
Is not spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation b,
the manufacturer. TO be spcriect ms at FIRST
! III. Experiments 10 determine The coMpdrdiir
economy y CGaphiHe and Sperm OIL for aIsmiaa
ton
August q. 1910. IIOying filled Fountain Ar
sand Lamp with n measured quantity Of the bes
Sperm OIL and one of Webh's Patent Campln,
Lamps, with measured quantity of Wrbb's Cam
phlnc;l lighted them simultaneously. and measure,
the quantity Of light afforded by each every twenty
slinutcs. for two hours. and finally measuring ia,
residual quantity ct Oll and Camphinc determine,
the quantity of each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion of each subsistence neces
sary 10 afford an equal light. Tho result, was tina
IS parts Of Camphne were equal ia ILLUMINATING
power Ia 100 paris of OIL. 10y measure Allowin
i"ih substances 10 bo OF equal price Jy the gallon
lhore would be a saving OF more than one.hnf ~
, using the Camphiuc. Some idea OF the supero
al tln lolt a.
formed from the fact that in the above experiment
y although the diameter of the two flames was nu
very different. the one bciEg seyen-eghlhs and Ia
other nine-cighlls of inch; yet tho light from In
Oh was 10 that from the Camphnc only as to Q
the Camphinc giving than three times as mucl
light as tie OIL.
w Pec"iariiies ia the combustion of Cau,phine
w Wetbs Patent Burners, &c. Sc.
When Camphine is burned ia the uumodifsd opcl
an II consumes with much black smoke like spirit
OF Turpeniine, bat with Thin flame and u currer
oil AR at certain velocity. not particle of suok
a appears The construction of the Camphine Lam
!. for it, oi jeci the above conditions
= Mr.. Gay has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Pal
}. eni Camph;ne Burners, with "circuar wick" b,
d tween two "conical" conccntrick plates. which
elegant IN form, and the purposes Of smoke
II less combustion completely Mr. Cav has also show
: uie sample OF The Camphine, manufactured bvAi
!. Webt OF New York, according To his patent me-
ihoS. n seems 10 me To have all of the properie
OF the Camphiue OF Dumas and afforded a very 81
prr'or light a' appears from the foregoing eIper
mcuf
The use of Campfire for the purposes OF Illum
nation IS not new project, but has The experience
OF some years 10 recommend a. and SO far believe
Z II la' gIvea general satisfaction
JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio, august IS, 1910.
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Tho article prepared by NJ Dumas yvn
made IN the laboratory without reference 10 cost ab
! solucly purc.-oct S-tr