Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-08-07

IGHT-The Wheeling Camphine Company
having received a supply OF Webb's Cam
phine oil and Lamps, is now ready 10 furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling. with the best light in all re-
specis 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 Vi the article for light.
The Store OF The Camphins Company is on water
street. n few doors above the stage Office. where
The light may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. B.f. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
Mr.. CAV, Agent for A. y n We6J. If Nep York,
Having called ON me Cor my opinion with regard
TO tho use OF Camphinc, for the purposes Of artificial
illumination, ] have. after examining The subject.
embodied the following information:
j. Nature Of Camphine. Camphine is a pro simai.
vegetable principle. discovered some years since,
by Dumas, Of Paris. IL is mostly procured from
spiuisoi Turpentinc. and is in fact "a very pure
essence OF Turpentine." II is capable OF combining
with Other substances. and ofbeing separated again
from them without being changed in its qualities.
IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether. a
permanent and distinct nature rs n chymical sub
stance. IL Is co!oiless, limFid. moderately volatile
and combushble. in the same manner rs spirits OF
Turpentine. but IL is not explosive. Camphor diff.
ers ironCamphine only in containing oIygenc, hence
the name OF Camphine. OF basis of Camphor.
III Economical nsoof CaHDhineJ for the purposes
Of illumination. My opinion ia fnvor of tho use OF
, Camphine for lights, was fully expressed in my lee.
lures last winter, and see no cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-.
mend it, are as follows:
i. IL can be furnished in abundance. and ut
re moderate price.
u =. II affords a light more brilliant than any oihe
I'd substance hitherto proposed for Commnn USE.
ID ). IL Is safe. in no way explosive, drops no hr
10 from the wick. an! leaves no fire upon il.
% a. Ii Is oleanly. leaves no grease marks, and
spilled on clothes or furniture. evaponles entirely
"a like Alcohol.
st 5. II endures any natural degree OF cold withou
Is. becoming IA The least rongealed.
nj .. The lamps once in order, need no snuflin
nal or raising Of the wick, but merely require To b
ng kept clean, aud TO be filed US often as they bur
10 themselves empty.
he Remark. The Camahine by exposure to The al
nd mays alter some months keeping, become n It'll
deieriora,ed. and begin 10 form a blaek crust O
the wick. The article under these circumstance
u not spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation b
tho manufacturer. TO be a. perfect as at first.
Ill. Experiments 10 determine The comparable
economy Of ComphiHs aud Sperm OIL for Hsmin,
tioa.
August %. 1910. Having filed a Fountain A
gand Lamp with a measured quantity Of the be
Sperm Oil and one Of Webb's Patent CampIu
Lamps, with a measured quantity Of Webb's Can
phine;i lighted them simultaneously, and measure
!, the quantity Of light afforded by each every twenl
J minutes. for two hours, and finally measuring III
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the quantity Of each consumed. From these data
calculated tle proportion of each substance nece
sary 10 afford an equnl light. The result. was, Ih
As paris Of Camphine were equal in illuminaiir
=, power to 100 parts Of Oil, by measure. Allowiu
both substances To be of equal puce by the gallo
there would be a saving OF more than onc.half
an using The Camphine. Some idea Of the super,
brilliancy Of the light from the Camphine may I
an formed from the fact that in the above experimel
~ although The diameter Of the TWO flames as m
ur very different, the one being seven-eighths and d
other nine-eighihs Of an inch; yet tho light from u
-. OIL was 10 that from the Camphine only as 3 10 II
the Csmphine giving more than three lines as niue
lighI as TIC Oil.
- ". PecHhdrihes in he combustion of Campkin
W. WINS Patent Burners, &c. &c.
When C~amphino is burned ia Tho unmodifed ope
N. an, II consumes with much black smoke, like spir
OF Turpeniine. bot with a Thin flame and Il currel
Of air alta certain velocity. not q particle Of smoI
appears The construction Of the Camphine Ian
th, Tor It's object the above conditions.
nv Mr.. Gay has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Pa
40, ent Camphine Burners, with a circular wick" b
led tween Two "conical" concenirick plates, which
md elegant IN form. and answers The purposes Of smok
Of less combustion completely. Mr.. Gay has also show
les me a sample Of The Camphine, manufactured byAl
el. Webt of New York, according To his patent m
ihod. q seems TO me to have all Of the propeui
OF the CamphIne OF Dumas and Afforded a very q
Peror light. at appears from The foregoing exper
mcnf.
L. The use Of Camphine for the purposes OF Hum
nation Is not a new project. but has The experieus
Of some years 10 recommend u. and SO far. I beliey
a. u has giVeR general satisfaction.
'e- JOHN LOCKE.
IS Medical College Of Ohio, August %. 1910.
10 The article as prepared by NJ. Dumas, WI
made IN me laboratory without reference 10 cost, al
sOlutelJ pure-Oct S-ic