Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-22

II lGliT-The Wheeling C1mphinc Company |
g A having received supply OF wcbbs Cam
phinc oil and Lamps. is ready 10 furnish the \
citizens of Wheeling, with the best light in all re-
sPecis which has ever been offered 10 ,he public
AhneNed ~ the result of the analysis Of the Cam |
ph'ne Oh and the opnioa of Professor Locke of
ule ONO Medical College At Cincinnati. as to the
superiority OF the article for light
The Store of the Camphin, Cnmpanv IL on, ,,.,,e,
street. lew doors above tho stage office, where
'hc i'sh' may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
oniy' Is +. SANBORNE. PrincpaI Aren't
Mn. GAY, Agent for A. v n IVeJB. Of N,,, Iork
Having called on me for my opinion with regard
20 INC use OF Nanphine for the purposes Of artificial
illumination, have. al,er examining the subiec,
embodied the following information:
l. Nature Of CGaiphiHe. Camphinc is n pro,ir,,t.
vegetable principle. discovered some vears si,,o
/ by Dumas. of Paris. IL Is mostly procured fr,m
spirits OF Iurpent'ne, and is in fact "a very pur,
essence q, Iurpcniine IL is capable of cou,hinin,
with Other substances and Of being separated again
from them without being changed ia It's qualities
/ IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether.
permanent aud distinct nature a chymical sub.
stance. II is cooilcss, limpid. moderately volatile
and coabus;lble, IN the same manner as spirits of
iuTp'hhne' but II Is not explosive. Camphor dG:
e'S i'oN'Onmphne only in containing oyygcne, hence
tue name OF Cnmphine OF basis of Camuhor
IL Ec7Romioal ascot Camyhine for tIc burmese,
81 al t"'HatoH. My opinion IN favor of the use OF
O1mrnlne Tor lights, fully expressed in nav lee
lures last winter and sec no cause for changing
That opinion The circumstances which recon-.
mend a., as follows:
!. IL can be furnished ina abundance and NJ n
, moderate price
; :. II affords a light more brilliant Than any other
! substance hitherto proposed for common use.
=. IL Is safe, IN no way explosive, Drops no fire
D from ihe wick aud leaves no fire upon It.
i II - clcaniy. leaves grease marks and il
spilled on clothes furniture, e,aporates entirely
o like Alcohol.
>. II cndurcs any natural degree of cold without
becoming m the least cuugcalsd.
. D. TIE lamps once IA order, need no smiling
i or raising of the wick, hut merely require 10 be
kept clean, aud 10 be filed Us Ollen as they burn
o themselves empty.
e Remark The Camphinc 10y exposure 10 the air
Z may AFTER some months keeping, become a liulc
deieuoraied and begin 10 form black crust on
,he wick The article under these circumstance,
is not SPOILED. but only requires Redistribution by
the manufactured 10 be nspcricci as ai FIRST
III. Experiments 10 determine hc conBaraiir,
economy u CaGiFhine and Sperm OIL for Iianiua
t0q.
AHgVa27, 1910. HaviHg filed Fountain Ar
gahd Lamp with measured quantity Of the bes
Sperm OIl aud one of Wcbb's Patent Camuhine
Lamps with measured quantity Of Webb's Cam
pliine; lighted them simultaneously and measured
the quantity Of light afforded bv each every twenty
, minutes. for two hours, and finally measuring Tho
residual quantity of OIL aud Camphnc. determined
/ The quantity OF each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion of each substance neces
sary Ia afford an equal light. The result was. lh,
10 parts OF Camphinc were equal Ia ILLUMINATING
power 10 100 parts Of OIL, by measure. Allowing
bo.h substances 10 be of equal price by the "a lion
J. There would be a saving OF more than onehalf .;
Il using The tamphine. Some idea Of the superiol
1riliianoy oil Tie light from The Camphinc NAV be
formed from the fact that in the above experiment
z although the diameter of the two flames was moi
X.sFIr flr a. l..
eher p!Ht.cch,hs Of inch; yet the light from the
. OIL was To thai from the Cam h:a- ~ =. = = &C.
The CaiuFhnc giving I2ore than three times as much
d iIghT tie OIL.
" FecEhGrties IN he coTbus,ion Of CangLiae
. .'h Vows Patent Burners &c. &C.
When Camphino Is burned ia the urmodifed opcr
air, II consumes with mach black smoke like spirit,
OF IurpeniIne, hut with thin fame and a current
OF AR al certain velocity. particle of smoke
= appears The construction Of the Camphine LAM
J. for lis oil Ject the above conditions
- Mr.. Gay has shown me one of Mr. Wehh's Pat
>, ent CamphEe Burners, with a circular wick ." be
q tween two "concal" conceutrck plates, which j,
elegant IN form, aud answers the purposes of smoke
u less combustion completely. Mr. Gay has also shown
5 ne sample of the Camphine. manufactured byAIr
j. Wcbt Of New York, according To his patent me-
thod. II seems 10 me to have all Of the properrie.
OF The Camphine Of Dumas and afforded a very su
Perior light a: appears from the foregoing expert
meHt
The use Of Camphine for The purposes Of rllumi.
naiion Is not a new project but has The experience
Of some years to recommend H. and so far believe
II has given general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
Afelioa! College Of Ohio. August %. 1910.
= The article rs prepared by M. Dumas was
made IN the laboratory without reference to cost alb
sO!uiely puTe-Ocl S-tC
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