Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-06-15
IGHT-The Wheeling Csmphne Company

III IGHT.-The Wheeling Csmphine Company
having received a supply oi webb's Cam
PhIne OIL and Lamps. is now ready to furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling with the best light i'm oil re- |
sPccis which has ever been offered To Ihe public
Annexed II the result 0! the analysis Of the Cam
ph'ne Oil rnd the opinioa Of Professor Locke Of
The Ohio Medical College al Cincinnati, as to the
superiority OF the article for light.
The Store OF the Camphine Company is on water
street lew doors above the stage office, where
'hs ishi may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. H. :. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
Mr.. CAY, Agea: for A. v H. Webs. of Men, York.
HAVING called on me Tor my opinion with regard
10 'hs use OF Camphne, for the purposes Of artificial
Illumination l have, after examining the subject
em6odicd the following information:
j. Mature Of CamPhiHe. Camphine !, n pro,mn,e
vegetable principle. discovered some wears since
~ Dumas, OF Paris. IL is mostly procured FROM
spiutsoi TurpentHc. and is In fact "a very pur,
essence OF Tnrpeninc." IL is capable of com bninr
WIN u'hel substances, and ofbeug separated again
from them without being changed in its qual,t,es
1t has therefore. like pure Alcohol and Ethsr n
permanent and distinct nature as n chymical sub.
stance u Is coiOless. limpid, moderately volatile
aud oomousirblc. IN the same manner as spirits of
TurpeuIine. but it is not sxplusiye C,mpbor dir
crs iruNlCainPhne only IN containing oxvgene hence
The name at Camphine. OF basis OF Campaor
IL Economical Rseof CamphiHe for he purposes
Of illumination. My opinion m favor Of The use of
Comphine for lights WINS fully expressed in INV lee.
tunes last winter, and ] see cause for changing
uiH, 0p''''on The circumstances which recon-
mend II, are as follows:
! /. IL can be furnished in abundance and at
moderate rice
= IL affords light moro brilliant than any other
substance hitherto proposed for common u,s
d lt is sale, M no way explosive drops no fire
from the wick, and leaves no fire uppn il.
4 IL Is clcany. leaves no grouse marks. and il
smiled a clothes
like Alcohol.
D. IL endures any natural degree Of cold without
becoming IN the least cungeaad
3. The lamps once in order need no snufling
or raising OF the wick, hut merely require to be
Kept clean, and to be filed often as they burn
themselves empty.
Remark. Inc CamShine ny exposure 10 the air
may; after some months keeping. become a liuls
deierIoraied, and begin 10 form black crust OF
the wick. The article under these circumstance,
Is not SPOILED. but only requires rehabilitation by
the manufacturer. 10 be asperfcct Is at fret
Ill Experiments 10 determine he conpa rcfir,
economy II CampAiHe and Sperm OIL for ilsHiaa
August u. 1910 Having filed a Fountain Ar
gand Lamp with a measured quantity Of the hes
Sperm OIL aud one of WebD's Patent Camph n,
Lamps, with measured quantity of Webb's Cam
pLIue; lighted them simultaneously, and measured
The quantity of light afforded by each every invent,
residual quantity Of OIL and Camphine. Determined
the quantity Of each consumed. From these data
calculated The proportion OF each suhsinnre nece.
sary 10 afford an equal light The result. Was tha
10 paris of Camphine were equal in Illuminain.
power To 100 parts Of OIL, by measure. Allowin,
both substances 10 be of equal price by the gallon
there would he n saving OF mere than one half u,
4 using the Camphinc Some idea Of The superb
hrllancy Of the light from The Camphine may b,
burned from the fact that ia the above experiment
y although the diameter Of the two flames was no
very different. the one beiGg seyen-eghths and h,
other nine -cighhs Of an inch; vet tho light from h,
Oh was 10 That from the Camphne only as To- 10
me Csmi hine giving more than three lines much
GIN as t'e OIL
". PrcUl,arifies in The combustion of Carphine
W Wells Patent Burners &c DC
when Cnmphine Is burned ia the Unmodifed opcT
- all II consumes with mach black smoke like spirt
81 Turpe!iinc, but with Thin flame and u curren
OF ar al a certain velocity. not particle Of smok,
~ appears The construction of The Campbine LAM
,. tor IFS o. Icci the above conditions.
p Mr.. Cav has shown me one Of Mr. webbs Pat
}, eni Camphne Burners, with n "CircUlar wick be.
d Tween two "c0nIcaf cuHccnirck putes " hich II
elegant IT. FORM and the purposes of smoke
Il less com susiion completely. Mr. Gay has also show
NE sample Of the Camphine. manufactured byNir
|. Webt of New York. according Ia his patent me
lhod. a seems 10 me 10 have all of the properties
Of the CamphIne Of Dumas and afforded a very ~
paror light. az appears from The foregoing s1peri
ment.
The use OF Campfire for The purposes Of rlIumi
nation Is not new project. but has he eSperi-nc,
NJ some years TO recommend IT, and SO far believe
II has gives general satisfaction
JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio. August %. 1910.
The article a. prepared by M. Dumas. wn,
mahc IN Inc Laboratory without reference 10 cost ab
solutelI pure-uct S-tE