Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-30

D "A lGHr-The Wheeling Camphine Company
having received supply OF Mebb's Can,
phine oil and Lamps. Is now ready 10 furnish the
eilizens OF wheeling with the best light in all re-
sPeets which has ever been offered to the public
Annexed n 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 OF the article for ligbt
The Store Of the Camphine Company Is on water
street ie" aoors above the stage office. where
inc hght may oe seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. ID. Z. SANBORNE Principnl Agcn,
Ma. GAY, Agent for A. v. H. Web6 Of N,,, yo,k
Having called on me inr my opinion with regard
To the use OF Camping. fr the purposes Of
illumination, have, after examining the .ubicct
embodied the following information:
i L. NatHre Of CdmPhiRs. Camphine is a PRO siu,nte
| vegetable principle. discovered some ycars since
by Dumas, Of Paris. IL is mostly procured FINN
spirits OF Turpentne, and il in fact "a very pure
essence o. Turpentine. Ii is capable of com bning
with Other substances and ofbeing separated again
from them without being changed in its qualities
IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether a
I permanent and distinct nature as a chvmical sub
stance. u Is eolotless. limpid moderately volatile
and cOmbushble. in the same manner as sp,rts al
Iurpenune, but II Is not explosive. Camphor diff
ers ironCamphine only in containing orygene hencs
the name of Camphine. OF basis Of Camphor.
IL Economical useof CamphiHs for he purpose,
D 81 Inflammation. My opinion in favor Of the use o
lures last winter. and no cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recom
! mend it, rs fpllows:
!, l. IL can be furnished ia abundance. and al Z
! moderate price
x IL affords light more brilliant than any oihe
: substance hitherto proposed for comnnn use
D. lels safe, IN ma way explosive dross no fir,
\ from The wick. aud leaves M fire upon IT,
5 4 IL Is clennly. leaves grease marks aud /
spilled on clothes or furniture, evaporates entirely
+ like Alcohol
y s. Il ondures any natural degree Of cold wi,hou
, becoming IN the least concealed.
. 6. The lamps once in order. need no snufiin,
e or raising Of the wick. but merely require TO b,
# Kept clean. and 10 be GllCd as vlen as they burr
y themselves empty
Remark The CamPhins 10y exposure TO the air
i may; after some months keeping. become a litt
) deieuoraicd. and begin o form black crust OF
the wick. The article under these circumstance
Is not spoiled, but Only requires rehabilitation b.
The manufacturer, 10 be perfect as al inst
III. Experiments 10 determine The co1aparaiiu
il economy 81 CaRiPhIne and Sperm OIL for dlSn,iHa
y ton.
August %, 1910. Havisg filled a Fountain A,
e gand Lamp with q measured quanilly of the hes
IL Sperm OIL and enc of Webb's Patent Camphin
Lamps. with measured quantity of Wehb's Cam
y phine;l lighted them simultaneously and measure,
n The quantity Of light afforded by each every twen
e minutes for two hours. and finally measuring la
Determined
l the funntity OF each consumed. From these data
: calculated the proportion Of each subsistence neces
!, snry to afford an equal light The result vas Iha
!. 10 paris Of Camphlne were equal an Illuminain:
J. power 10 100 paris Of Oil, by measure AlIovin,
both substances 10 be OF equal price by the gallon
: there would be a saving OF more than one half n,
. using the Camphine. Some idea of the sunerio
f brilliancy Of lie light from the Camphine may h
= formed from the fact iIai in the above experiment
although the diameter Of the two flames WIS no
very different the one being seveneighihs and IN,
other uiue-eghlhs Of inch; yet the light from M,
OIL was 10 that from the Camphine only as 3 10 10
The Camrhine giving more than three lines as mucI
light a! OIL.
". Pccgi5ariiies ia he co~5ustion II Camp6ine
W WeJd's Patent Burners, Sc &C.
When Camphine il burned ia he unmodifed opoI
ar, u Consumes with much black smoke like spirit
% Turpeutlne, but with Thin flame aud a curreu
oil ar alta certain velocity. not a particle of smok,
: appears The construction Of The Camphine LAM
! Tor ia oil ject the above conditions
! Mr.. Gay has shown me Of MIR Webbs Pat
eni Camphin0 Burners, with "circular wick be
tween two "conical" eoncenlrick plates. " hich i
elegant IN form, aud the purposes of smoke
less combustion completely. MIR Gay has also shown
uie sample Of the Camphine. manufactured by SIR
Webt OF Now York, according 10 his patent me
moe. 4 seems 10 me 10 Lave oil of the properiio
OF The Camphine Of Dumas and Afforded a yery sr
Peror light, al appears from the foregoing expert
ment.
The use Of Campfire for the purposes Of IlIumi
nsiion Is not new project, bat has the experience
Of some years 10 recommend II. and so far believe
1t ha' gwen general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
The article as prepared by NJ. Dumas. wa,
made IN the laboratory without reference TO cost alb
solutely pur0-oct S-ic