Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-08-12

IGHT-The Wheeling Camphine Co,ao,py
m/ having received a supply OF webb's Cam
pune OIL anu Lamps. Is now ready 10 furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling. with the best Iiyht i'm ali "a
spects which has ever been offered IN Inc nuhlic
Annexed is the result of the ANALYSIS of the Cam.
phine Oh and the opinion of Professor Locke of
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, Us to the
superiority Of the article for light
Inc sure oil 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. H. +. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
MIR. GAY, Agent for A. v. H. We66. of Nev York.
Having called ON me for my opinion with regard
to tho use OF Camphine. for the purposes Of artificial
illumination, ] have. after examining tho subject
embodied the following information:
|. Mature Of CdHphine. Camphine is a prosimate
vegetable principle, discovered some years since.
ny Dumas, OF Paris. IL is mostly procured from
spirits OF Turpentinc. and is in fact "a yery pure
essence OF Turpentine." Ii is capable OF combining
with olhei substances. and ofbciug separated again
from them without being changed in lis qualities
IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether. n
permanent and distinct nature rs a chymical sub
stance. u ~ coloilcss, limpid, moderately volatile
and eornhushble. IN the same manner as spirits of
Turpenilne' but II is not explosive. Camphor diG.
es irOsiCamphine only in containing o1ygene. hence
the name OF Camphne. or basis of Camphrr.
IL Economical Hseef Caaphine for de purposes
q illumination. My opinioa in favor OF the use OF
C~amrhine Tor lights. was fully expressed in my lee.
lures last winter. and | see no cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon.
mend a.. are as follows:
y /. IL can be furnished in abundance ond NJ ,
2 moderate price.
:. IL affords a light more brilliant than any other
q substance hitherto proposed for common use
j D. IL - safe IN no way explosive, drops no fir,
o from The wick, and leaves no Gre upon il.
a IL IS eleanly. leaves no grease marks, and |
spilled on clothes or furniture, cvaporates entirely
a like Alcohol.
4 ). il endares any natural degree Of cold withou
becoming IN the least cOngcnled.
b. The lamps once in order, need no snuf1in,
d or raising Of the wick. but merely require to b.
g Kept clean and TO be filled as often as they burr
q Themselves empty.
G Remark. The Camphine by exposure 10 tho al,
d mays AFTER some months keeping, becuIAe n it'll
deteriorated, and begin to form n black crust Of
The wick. The article under these circumstance
u mol SPOILED, but only requires rehabilitation b.
the manufactures. 10 be nsperfcct Us at first.
III. Experiments 10 determine hs coniparatiu
economy 81 Camphias and Sperm Oh for iHsmino
lion.
August %. 1910. IIaving filled a Fountain A
gand Lamp with a measured quantity of he be,
sperm OIL and one of Webb's Patent Camphin
Lamps, with n measured quantity of Webb's Cam
phInei lighted them simultaneously, and measure
The quantity of light afforded by each every twenI
nInnies. Tor two hours. and finally measuring ia
residual quantity of Oil and Camphine. determine
the quantity Of each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion Of each substance neces
snry to afford an equal light. The result, vas, iha
10 parts of Camphine Were equal in Illuminatin
4, power 10 100 parts Of OIL. by measure. AIIowin
both substances TO be Of equal prCe by The gallor
>; there would be a saving OF more Than one.half b
a using The Cumphine. Some idea of tho superio
brlilancy Of the light from the Camphine may b
iorned from The fact that in the above eIperimer
M although the diameter Of the two flames vas N,
very different, the one being seven-eighths and tn
= other nine-eighihs of an inch; vet tho light from IN
. OIL was TO that from the Camphine only as 3 10 lC
The Camphine giving raore than three times as nue.
light as a e Oil.
. Nv. PocuhGrHes IA The cos.bustion of Camphine
W. Wtt0S Patent Burners, DC. &c.
When Camphino is burned ia he unmodifed opel
air. II consumes with much black smoke, like spirit
Of Turpcniine, bet with n Thin flame and a curren
OF air at certain velocity. moi q particle of smok
- appears The construction Of The Canphine Lam
for It's oil ieci the above conditions.
MIR. Gay has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Pat
eht Camphine Burners, with a "circular wick," be
d iween Two "conical' 'concenirick plates. which
y eleganiin form. and answers the purposes Of smoke
u less combustion completely. MIR. Gay has alec show
= me o sample Of he Campliine. manufactured byAIr
: webb of New York, according To his patent me
ihod. II seems to me to have oil of the properiie
OF The CamPhine of Dumas and afforded a very .u
Hent.
The use Of Camphine for The purposes Of IlIumi
nation u not a new project. but has The experieuc,
VI some years 10 recommend II. and 50 far, 1 believe
! hai given general satisfaction.
JoHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio. AsguH %, 1910.
The article as prepared BY 81. Dumas. xo,
made IN the laboratory without reference 10 cost ah
soiuielJ pure.-Oct S-iE