Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-09-09


IGHT-The Wheeling Camphine Company
having received a supply OF Webb's Cam
phIne Ol and Lanp>, IS now ready To furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling, with the best light in all re-
sPects which has ever been offered to the public.
Annexed is The result Of the analysis OF the Cam
phIne Oh and the opinion of Professor Locke Of
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. Us TO the
superiority OF the article for light.
The store OF the Camphine Company is on watei
street n lew doors above the stage office, where
the light may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. BIZ. SANBORNE. Pr;nc;p,l Acept.
Ma. GAY, agent for A. '. n. WeJb. IF Neu YORK,
Having called on me for my opinion with regard
10 the use oil Camphine. for the purposes OF artificial
illumination, | have. after examining The subieci
embodied the following information:
]. Nature If CGDlphinc. Camphine is a prosimaie
vegetable principle, discovered some wears SINCE.
by Dumas, OF Paris. Ii is mostly procured from
r spirits OF Turpcntinc. and is in fact "a very pure
4 essen'e OF Tnrpeniine." II is capable of combining
= with other substances, and ofbeing separated again
e from them without being changed in its qualities.
I IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether, n
G permanent and distinct nature as n chymical sub.
h stance. u Is colo'lcss. limpid, moderately volatile
G aud combusiible, in the same manner rs spirits OF
Iurpenine, but II Is not explosive. Camphor din:
y os~ iroNiComphine only ia containing oxygene, hence
c the name Of Camphine. OF basis ofCamphor.
IL Economical "scof CGmphineJ for the purposes
Of illumination. My opinion ia favor of The use OF
" CNi""N '' NbhNs WIZ luiiy oppressed IN my lee
" lures last winter, and see no cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend IL, are as follows:
l. Ii can he furnished in abundance. ind a,
moderate price.
" y. II affords a light more brilliant than any o,hel
ne substance hitherto proposed for common use.
IN ). IL Is safe, in no way explosive, drops no Cir,
a. from the wick. and leaves no fire upon il.
al 4 IL Is clcanly. leaves no grease marks, and
ia spilled on clothes or furniture, eynporutes entirely
81 like Alcohol.
Isl 5. II endures any natural degree of cold wilhou
lr becoming IN the least rungealed.
H. b. The lamps once in order, need no snuhinI
or raising OF the wick, but merely require TO b.
at Kept clean, and 10 be filled as often Us they burr
III. themselves empty.
to Remark. The C~amShine by exposure to The all
may ailer some EOnihs keeping, become a liul
be Jcicrionied. and begin TO form a black trust o.
ng The wick. The article under these circumstance
Is not spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation b
re the manufacturer. to be rs periect as at first.
&c Ill Experiments 10 determine he comparable
We economy Of CamPhtHe and Sperm OIL for HsmiHG
nd lion.
is AHgHf27 1910. Having filed a Fountain Al
NJ sand Lamp with a measured quantity OF The bes
nd Sperm oil and one of Webb's Patent Cnmphin
Lamps, with a measured quantity of Webbs Cam
M panel lighted them simultaneously, and measure,
on HE quantity OF light afforded by each every tweni
Pr, minutes. for two hours, and finally measuring In
cs residual quantity of Oil and Camphine, determine
The quantity OF each consumed. From these data
IA calculated lhe proportion Of each substance neces
slry to ahord an equal light. The result, was, tina
ID paris Of Camphine were equal in ILLUMINATING
70 power To 100 parts Of Oil. by measure. AIlowin
a both substances 10 be OF equal puce by the gallon
there would be n saving Of more than one. half %
using the Camphlne. Some idea Of tho superio
brilliancy Of The light from the Camphine NAV b
formed from The fact that in tho above experimen
although the diameter Of the two flames " as no
L. very different, the one beisg seyen-eighths and ia,
other nine eighIhs of an inch; vet tho light from IN,
he Oil was TO that from the Camphine only as 3 to 10
The ~Camphine giving more Than three Times as mucl
light as tie Oil.
ID ". Pccui,ariGes IA The combustion of CaH,phine
VI WeLjs Patent Burners, DC. DC.
~ When C%amphine is burned ia the uumodifed opeI
an, 1t consumes with much black smoke, like spirit
OF Turpentine, but with n Thin flame and a currcn
OF ar ala certain velocity. moi q particle Of smok,
appears The construction of the Camphine Lam
for ITS olject the above conditions.
Mr.. Gay has shown me one of Mr. Webb's Pat
r cni Camphine Burners, with n "circular wick" be
tween two "conIcaI' concentrick plates, which /
elegant in form. and answers The purposes of smoke
less combustion completely. Mr.. Gay has also shown
tGe . sample Of the Camphine, manufactured byAir
Webl OF New York, according TO his patent me
ihod. q seems TO me To have all of The propeuie
/. Of The CamphIne of Dumas and afforded a very su
4 ment. f
The use OF Camphire for the purposes OF ,llumi
nation Is not n new project. but has the experience
Of some years 10 recommend n. and so far believe
+ has given general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
J. Medical College Of Ohio. August 25. 1910.
. The article as prepared by NJ. Dumas. wns
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