Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-26


lGhf.-lhe Wheeling Camphins Company /
ii having received a supply OF Nebb's Cam i
ph,ue oil aud Laynps, is ready to furnish the /
citizens OF Wheeling. with the best light IN all re- \
sPecis which has ever been offered 70 the public
Anne Ned Is the result Of the analysis of the Cam
phine OIL and the opinion Of Professor Locke of
me ONO Medical College at Cincinnati, to the
superiority Of the article for light
me sure ol the Camphinr Company il on watet
street ie" doors above the stage office. where
uiy ''sn' may De seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. B. =. SANBORNE. PRINCIPAL Agent
Ma CAV, Agent for A. T. n V,JB 81 N,,g yort.
Having called on me ior my opinion with regard
10 the use Oi Iamphine, for the purpose. o( nrfeial
illumination. have. after examining The snb;cc,
embodied the following Information:
| L. NatHre 81 CdmphiHs. Camphne is a pro sir,nte
vegetable principle, discovered somo year, since
by Dumas. Of Paris. II is mostly procured e.,
spirits OF Turpenine, and ia in lact "a very purs
essence o. Turpentne." IL is capable OF combining
with other substances aud of being separated nnin
from them without being changed in its qualities
IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether
permanent and distinct nature as a chymicaI sub
stance. u Is eoloIless. mPid, moderately volatile
aud eombusilble. in the same manner rs spirits Of
Iurpenlne, but II is not explosive Camphor diff.
ers irosnCamPhine only in containing oxygenc hence
the name OF Cumphine. basis Of Camphcr
IL Economical Hseof CamphinC for the purposes
o 81 illumination. My opinion in favor Of the use Of
Camphne Tor lights. was fully expressed in my lee.
lures last winter, and no cause for changing
L that opinion The circumstances which recon-.
n mend II, are Is follows:
!. l. II can be furnished in abundance. and nj O
h moderate Price.
= II affords light brilliant than any Other
: substitutes hitherto proposed for common use.
= D IL IL safe, m no way explosive. drugs no fire
n from the wick. and leaves no fire upon IT,
~ a II Is Clearly. leaves no grease marks. and i
spilled on clothes or furniture. cynporatcs entirely
f. like Alcohol.
ei S IL endures any natural degree OF cold wihou
= becoming IN the least cSnsenled.
W 3. Tho lamps once in order need no snuhnJ
We or raising Of the wick, but merely require to h
OF kept clean, aud TO be filed often as they burr
~ themselves empty.
g: Remark. The CamYhins 10y exposure 10 the oil
~ may; after some months keeping, bccume a til
D. deleuorated, and begin 10 form black crust Of
The wick. The article under these Circumstance
't Is not spoiled, but Gully requires rehabilitation b
81 the manufacturer, 10 be R,pcriect us al first.
iS Ill. ErPeriReHiS 10 determine he colaparaiir
!, economy Of Camphns and Sperm OIL for ilnnino
40 lion.
August q. 1910. Having filled Fountain Al
&C Sand Lamp with measured quantity Of the lee,
IA Sperm OIL and one Of Webb's Patent Camph:n
Lamps. with measured qsanlity Of Webbs Can
lv phne; lighted them simultaneously and measure
The quantity Of light afforded by each every tweni
We minutes, Tor two hours aud finally measuring ia
a residual quantity OF Oil and Camphine determine
n the quantity OF each Consumed. From these data
- calculated the proportion Of each substance necc,
- sary TO ailorl equal light The result was IN.
VI. 10 parts of Camrhine equal in illuminarin
al power 10 100 parts of OIL, by measure. Allowin
Doth substances 10 be OF equal price by the gallon
=" there would bo saving OF more than one half o
49, using the Camphinc. some idea Of tho superic
of brillIancy OF the light from the Campfire may b
o. formed from the fact that ia the above e1permer
n Dfralt 49, A.
&c very different, the bC.g seveneighths and m
-, other nns-eighhs Of inch: vet The light from m
n Oh was To that from tho Camphine only As to
~ the Camphne giving more than three times as niue
Il lghl as tie OIL.
". PceULarities in he combustion Of CaB,phias
! W. WsjEs PafcEt BnrntrS &c. DC
- When Camphinc is burned ia tho uurnodiEed ono
, ar consumes with much black smoke like spirit
ID OF Turpeniine, but with Thin flame aud curreu
OF Of ar at certain velocity particle Of snok
:, appears The construction of the Csmphine Lam
~ for liE oil jocI the above conditions
Mir. Cay has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Pa
snt Camrhino Burners, with n "circuur wick b,
tween Two "cOnirul' eOnceniTick plates, which
elegan! n form, aud The purposes Of smoke
= less combustion completely. Mr. Cay has also show
- We sample Of tine Camphine. manufactured byA
- Hebt OF New York, according 10 his patent me
Sc hos. a seems 10 have all Of the proper, lie
At Of The Camphino Of Dumas and afforded very 81
=. peror light, az appears from the foregoing eIper
:, ment.
The ssc OF Campfire for tho surposcs Of rlumi
nation Is not new project bat has Tho oxporienc
Of some years 10 recommend 1t. aud 30 far believe
1t has given general Satisfaction.
T. JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio August 2s. 1910.
= Tho article as prepared by NJ Dumas. wo
made in The laboratory without reference 10 coat ab
p solutelJ purs.-oct S-tf