Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-04

. .UT-The Wtee'mb -" Wits Cam Z
4 49, receiysI a supply OF WA the
"a h1Nne a,co.. is now ready 10 intn's" 90 =
'Nlne o" NwS - with the best light III
..ac,s ,bich has ever been oherca 20" Cam. 9
~ .o.oIi :. Inc r,sult of the analysis OIL W or I
49, mn and no opinion Of Professor - : the J
line Ohio Medinl College al 'lno""
s,neroriiy ui the article ior light :, va,e,
suPr",GS 60 oc the Camphine Company Is Oh
e,v doors above the stage "nNV cash
street~he seen nightly. sales NC N.on,.
the light maS~SANBORNE. Puneipat Hey
only. 49,. IA. Wcbb, 81 Ns% - "a
Mr.. GAY, Agent for ES>py opinion N w
Having called ON me &pnrpoSes oil -
To tho use of Camphine. for Ilia
illumination. | have, after examiniy Iona,
embodied the following inGormaiiun
l. Nstgrc g C~dmphiHe. Camphine is n pro-
vegetable principle, discovered some years sine
Ivy Dumas. OF Paris. IL is mostly procured from
spIutsol Turpcntine, and is in fact "a very pure
essence OF Turpentine." II is capable of combining
with other substances, and orbeing separated again
from them without being changed in its qualities.
IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether. n
permanent and distinct nature as n chymical sub.
stance. u Is coloiless. limpid, moderately volatile
aud combusIble. IN the same manner rs spirits Of
Turpentine. but II is not explosive. Camphor diE
es i~mECamphinc only in containing oNygenc, hence
the nnmo OF Camphine. OF basis OF Camphor.
ii. Economioal Ussof CamphiHe for the purposes
AI IANAAR ~ - VI NAt ~ w
Camphino ~iorlights. was fully expressed in my Ice
lures last winter. and | see no cause for changing
that opinion. The circumstances which recom-
mend A., are as follows:
L. II can be furnished in abundance. ond at a
moderate price.
: :. 1t Affords a light more brilliant than any other
substance hitherto proposed for common use.
j. IL * safe, in M way explosive. drops no fire
, from the wick. and leaves no FIRE upon IL.
A. IL - clcanly. leaves no grease marks. md II
spilled on clothes or furniture, eyaPorates entirely
like Alco&"l.
5. II cudures any natural degree Of cold without
becoming in the least cOngcalcd.
8. The lamps once ia order. need no snuGine
or raising of the wick. hut merely require To b,
!, kept clean, and 10 be filed rs Ulien Us they burr
themselves empty.
, Remark. The CamPhine 10y exposure TO the air
may; after some months keeping, become a liil'
dcieriorated. and begin To form q black crust OF
the wick. The article under these circumstance
Is not spoiled, but only requires Redistribution by
the manufacturer. to be us perfect as a, first.
III. Experiments 10 determine ne comparable
economy Of CamphiHe aud Sperm Oh for ilSmina
ton.
AUCTSi27. 1910. Having filed n Fountain Al
gand Lamp with a measured quantity oC the bes
Sperm OIL aud one Of Webb's Patent Camphin
Lamps, with a measured quantity of Webb's Cam
phine;l lighted them simultaneously, and measure,
The quantity Of light afforded by each every twent
minutes. for two hours, and finally measuring In
residual quantity Of Oil and Camphine, determine
: the quantity Of each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion of each substance nccc.
sary 20 afford an equal light. The result, was, Iha
- paris Of Camphinc were equal in illuminaiin
power 10 100 paris Of Oil. by measure. AllOwin
10th substances 10 be Of equal. price by the gallon
there would be n saving of more than one.half u
h using the Camphine. some idea OF The superic
brilliancy OF the light from the Camphine may b
\ formed from The fact that in the above experimel
D although the diameter Of the Two flames was n,
d very different, the one being scven-eighIhs and IN
other nine-cighIAs Of an inch; yet the light from IN
OIL was 10 that from the Camphine only as 3 TO II
the Camphine giving more than three Times as niue
d light as The oil.
". Poculurifies ia The co~JUsiion Of Cdmpiin,
Vi WebJs Patent Burners, &c. DC.
When Crmphine ~ burned nihe unmodifed opc
% All, 1t consumes with much black smoke. like spiri
of Turpeutine, but with a Thin flame aud Il currcr
ni air alta certain velocity. not a particle Of smok
= appears. The construction of The Canphine Lam
for lis oil ject The above conditions.
Mr.. Gay has shown me one of Mr. WeLb's Pa
ent Camphine Burners. with a "circulnr wick" h
tween two "conicHl' conccUIrirk plates. which
:. elegant in form. and answers the purposes Of smok
: less combustion completely. Mr.. Cav has also show
ue a sample Of the Camphine. manufactured hyNl
Webb Of New York, according To his patent m
thos. a seems io me 10 hare all Of the propeui,
OF the CamphIne of Dumas and afforded n very s.
peuor light. as appears from the foregoing exper
meut.
The use Of Camphine for The purposes Of Illun
nation IL not n new pniect, but has the experienS
= of some years 10 It. and so far. / beliey
II has given geBenl satisfaction.
r JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio. August %. 1910.
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The article rs prepared ~ NJ. Dumas. WI
= made IN the laboratory without reference To cost, a
s0lutely pure-Oci ST.