Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-23
IGHr-I'he wheehnr Camvh,ne COM

n IGHT-Ihe Wheeling Camphine Company
81 A having received a supply OF Webs Ca q
phiue oil and Lamps, is now ready 10 furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling. with the best light "a all re-
spects which has ever been offered 10 tho 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. to the
superiority Ol the article Tor light.
The store OF the Camphine Company is on water \
street n lew doors above the stage office. where /
the light may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. ID Z. SANBORNE. PRINCIPAL AGENT.
Mn. GAY Agent for A. y II. WeJ6. Of N,,v York.
Having called on the for nv opinion with regard
TO the use OF Camphine. FOR tho purposes OF artificial
illumination have. after examining the subject
embodied The following information:
!. Nature Of CoR,phiae. Camphine is a prosimnte
vegetable principle, discovered some years since
by Dumas, Of Paris. IL is mostly procured from
sPiriisOf Turpentine and is in fact "a very pure
. essence OF Turpenune" II is capable of combining
> with Other substances and Of being separated again
I from them without being changed in its qualities
IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether
: permanent and distinct nature rs n chymical sub
stance u is ooioess limpid, moderately volatile
aud combusblo. IN the same manner as spirits Of
Turpeniine, but il is not explosive Camphor diff
ers iroSnCamphine only in containing orygene hence
u the name VI Comphine. OF basis OF Camphor
IL Economical Hseof Cau.phine for Ge purposes
O q illumination. My opinOn in favor Of the Use OF
y Camhine for lighsNeas fully expressed in my lee
e lures last winter, and no cause for changing
J; that opinion The circumstances which recon-
n mend IL, are follows:
" l. II can be furnished ia abundance and of n
n moderate prize.
= IL affords a light brilliant than any other
:, snbsaucS hitherto proposed for common use
- s. u IL safe IN no WY explosive drops no fire
IN rom the wick. and leaves no fire upon H.
rs 4 IL Is clearly. leaves grease marks. and il
= spilled on clothes or furniture. eVaporates entirely
+ like Alcohol.
ct S. II cndures any natural degree of cold without
4 becoming IA The least csngcnled
70 6. Tho lamps in order, need snufling
ye or raising Of the wick. but merely require 10 be
Of kept clean, and to be Sled often as they burn
Jy themselves empty.
Remark. The CemPhinS by exposure 10 the air
lSg may; after months keeping, become a liul,
~ deierioraIed. and begin TO form black crust OF
the wick. The article under these circumstance
NJ 10 not spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation b,
~ the manufacturer 10 be perfect as at first.
pc III. Experiments to determine he eonpara,iu
l. economy u CdrPLi''e aud Sperm OIL for ilsmina
az ton.
August u. 1910. Having filed Fountain Ar
&c gand Lamp with measured quantity fIhe bes
Ill Sperm Oil and one of Webb's Patent Camphn,
Lamps with measured quantity Of Webb's Cam
Ia phne; lighted them simultaneously. and measure,
IN tho quantity Of light afforded by each every twenty
We minutes. for two hours and finally measuring tht
a residual quantity Of Oil and Camphinc determined
n the quantity ol each consumed. From these data
calculated tho proportion OF each substance neces
- sary TO afford equal light The result. was, iha
w. IS parts Of Camphine equal in illuminaiin;
al power TO 100 paris Of OIL, by measure. Allowin;
both substances 10 be of equal puce by the gallon
"a there would be a saving OF than one half b,
- using The Camphne. some idea Of the superio
~ brllancy Of the light from The Camphine may b,
" formed from the fact that ia the above experiment
- although the diameter Of the two flames WIS no
&c very different the one besg seveneighIs and III.
~ other nine eighihs Of an inch; yet the light from the
,. OIL was TO hal from the Camphne only as 10 10
n The Camphine giving moro than three lines as mucl
l. ighI as d OIL.
~, PceuLGrities in ne combustion Of CarnDhine
+ u WeJG's Patent Burners &c de-
- when Camphine 10 burned III the unmodifed opor
ar. II consumes with much black sInrke like spir
d OF TurpenIine, but with Thin flame ond curren
'f Of nir alta certain velocity particle Of smoke
;, appears The construction OF the Camphine Lam
= Tor ia Of leei the above conditions.
Mr.. Cav has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Pat
en' Camphino Burners. with n circular wick" be
Tween two "conicai" e0ncentrick plates which II
elegant IN form, and answers The purposes of smoke
less combustion completely. Mr. Cay has also shown
~ ue simple of The Camphine. manufactured byAIr
IS Webt OF New York. according To his patent me
&c thod. Il seems 10 me 10 have oil Of the properties
II Of the CamPhino Of Dumas and afforded very su
). pe"or light. az appears from the foregoing expert
ment.
The Use Of Camphiro for the purposes OF IlIumi
nation is not n now project but has The experience
oi some years 10 recommend It, and ~ far believe
II hal given general satisfaction.
= JOHN LOCKE.
Medical cOllrgS Of Ohio. A,,gun %. 1910.
r Tho article as prepared by M Dumas. was
made IN the laboratory without reference TO cost nb
3 soluielj purs.-oct S-tf