Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-04-17


n IGuT-Ihe Wheeling C~amphino Company
n 4 hr'ins received a supply OF Wcbb's Camphinc
OF and LAMPS. is now ready to furnish the citizens oi
Wheeling. with the hest light IN all respects which has
ever been oiIrrcd TO The puhlc.
Annexed j. the result olihc analysis or the Camphinc I
Ol and the opinion ct Pr IL S>ur Locke 81 the Ohm
Medical CoilcG. at Cincinnati, as to the superiority I
tlc article Cot lirht.
The S;orc Of the Cnmphiuc Company is on worct
street. a few d"rs al"No The stage office. wAcrc the
light may be seen nightly. Stlcs are for cash only.
l. BE SANBOtNE. Principal Agent.
MIR. CAV, iseHfJ for 4. !. n. Ucb. oC Scw lok,
Having called on me Tor my opinion with regard
The usc 81 Camphinc. for The purposes uf ariif, AL ilu
m'",'"n' nave niier examining the subject. cmbod
icd ihc following ~inf,rmalium
L. Nature 81 CamphiSc. Cnmphinc is n proximaic
vegetable principle. discovered some ycnrs since. hy
Dumas, oi fars. It's mostly procured from spirits OF
l"rl"nin'c' nid Is i Tact - very pure csSeutc OF
Turpcu'inc.' II Is cal able at combining with other
substances, and al ben z separated again from Them
wulspui being changed IN lis qualities. IL has there
h'rc. like pure Alcohol and Eihsr. n permanent and
6tsiinci nature ~ a chymical substance. u Is color
= ltss, limvli, moderately volatile and cnmlustillc. in
s the same manner as spirits orTurpcniinc. hat il is not
$ explosive. Cnmphor differs lru% Cumphiue only in
containing oNygcne. heucc the name of Carnphime. OF
basis of Campaur.
: n EooHoai,aI us,oC CauJLinc Ter hc pnruoscs NJ
H'milatt'B. My opinion ia favor Of the use Of Cam
rlinc Tor lights, Was fully expressed ia my lectures last
WINTER, ana see uo cause Tor changing that opinion
The circumstances which recommend it. are as fol
= lows:
I'd /. u can bc furnished in abundance, and al a mod
u crate price.
=. Il aHanls a light more brilliant Than any other
substance Lirscrto proposed for common u.s..
3. u is safe, in no way explosive, drops no ERE lrun
e. the wick. and leaves ns fr, upon il.
e. l. II - clcauly. leaves no grease marks, and il spill
od on clothes or furniture. c~yarOntes entirely, lk'
] Alcohol.
). Il ensures any natural degree Of cold without be
ar coming IA the least cungcaled.
or q. The lamps uucc va order, need no snufing %
C. raising ur the wirk. but merely require To Ice kcr
'lcan, AID to he rlic,! a. ulen a ihcy burn ihcmsclvo
~ empty.
Nc Romark. Tho Camyhinc Ivy exposure To the ait
a may; after some months keeping, bec"mc a lIile a.,
n Icri"raicd. and begin 10 form a black crust on rh
wick. The article under these circumstances Is ne
spoiled. bat only rquires rehabilitation 10y tic mGnt
hclurcr, To be n perfect as At first.
III. Experiments 10 determine ME comparative econ,
lc mg of Camph'He and Sperm, Odfor HSWisdtio1.
be August %, 1910. Having filled a E"uniain Argan
- Lamp with a measured quantity Of the best Sperm Oh
80 and one at Wchb's Patent Cnmph'ne Lnmps. with
measured quantity NJ Wcbb's Camvlrine; lighted Ihel
lr- simultaneously, and measured the quantity of light a
nu ipried 10y each every twenty minutes. far two hour
- uud finally measuring the residual quantity of Oil All
80. Camphinc, determined The quantity OF each consume,
an fnm these data ! calculated the proportion of cac
SIS substance necessary 10 afford an cqua! light. The r.
suit. Nas, III Z ID paris uf Camphinc Were equal iu
~ Allowing both substances To be nf equal pucc hy III
be gallon. there would he a saving Of mrrc than onc.h la
lis ~ using The Cnm+iinc. Some idea of The super,
nd hrllancy oi the light from The Camphinc may lac fora
be- cd from the fact that ia he above experiment alrhuuc
,he the diamcicr at Ilc two flames WIS not very dilyrei
iii ihe enc beiSe scNcI-eighths AMI the other ninC eight
1ou "f an inch; yet tho light from Inc OIL Was To That fui
NY the Camphnc only ms 3 To- 10. the Camuhinc gIvir
gore than three Times az much light us ~ OIL.
". FCEh0r,icS ia The Co9 JUNtoA II CGmghiat; W
NcGb's FaioDf Barncrs, Sc. DC.
When C~amThino IL burned il tho uiimodiGcd upc
To ali. ~ consumes with mEch black smoke, like spirits
n. Turpeuiinc, hut with a Ihin flame aud "a current of "a
ny att certain velocity. moi a particle uf smoke appear
y The construction Of The CamIhiuc Lamp has for It's oil
- 4JCCI the above CouplrIons.
r. Mr.. Gay has shown me ono Of Mr. Wcll's PaicI
n CamphInc Burners, wiih a CIRCULAR wick" lcIwcc
10; two "cuuicul' cnucrnIrick pilates. which Is elegant
no form, and answers the purposes of smokcl,ss con
m. husiinn completely. MIR. Gay las also shown me
lic sample of ihe C~amphinc. manufactured 10y Mr.. Wei
at OF New York, according Ia his patent method.
iSi seems To Inc 10 have all of the Irurcrics of Ilc Car
lie phinc of DGTa,,N a.d afforded a very superior liehI,
~ appears from the foregoing experiment.
III The use of CampliTc for the purposes of illmnin
on lion l. ni n new project, but has the experience
some years To ccummcni u, aud 80 far, | believe. al h
=, given general Satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
ms Medical CoHcgc If Ohio, Argus, 2S, IslU.
rh . The article rs prepared hy NJ. Dumas, was ma,
ne IN ilic laboratory without reference TO cost, absolute
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