Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-08-10

IGIIT-The Wheeling Camphine Company I
having received a supply OF webb's Cam
phiue oil and Lamps. is now ready 10 furnish the
citizens Of Wheeling. with the beet light in all re-
spceis which has ever been offered to the public.
Annexed Is the result of the analysis Of the Cam
phine Od aud the opinion of Professor Locke of
The Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. us TO the
superiority VI the article for light.
The Store OF the Camphins Company is on waiei
street, n few doors above the stage office, where
the light may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. H. =. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
Ma. GAY, Agent for A. y. n We6J, Of Nenc York. |
Having called on me for my opinion with regard
to tho use oil Camphine. for the purposes Of artificial
illumination, ! have. after examining the subject
embodied the following iniormniion
!. Mature IF CanpLine. Camphine is n prosimaie
vegetable principle, discovered suiuc years since,
by Dumas, of Paris. IL is mostly procured from
spinlso OF TurPentinc, and is in fact "a very purs
essence OF Turpentine." IL is capable of combining
with Other substances, and ofbeing separated again
from them without being changed in its qualities.
IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether. a
permanent and distinct nature rs n chymical sub
stance. tits colotless, limpid, moderately volatile
and combustIble. ia the snme manner rs spirits of
ITurpentine. but it is not explosive. Camphor diff
cs iro~nCamphine only in containing olygenc. hencs
the name Of Camphiue, or basis of Canphsr.
III Economical Hsoof CdmphiHe for be purposes
ef illumination. My opinion in favor Of the uc Of
C%amPhine for lights. was fully expressed in my lee
=" lures last winter and ] see no cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend It, are Gs follows:
l. II cnn he furnished in abundance. and ai n
e moderate price.
e 2. IL affords n light more brilliant than any other
substance hitherto proposed for comm,n use.
5. IL Is safe, in IN way explosive. drops 10 fire
10 from the wick. an! leaves no fire upon it.
o 4 IL - clcanly. leaves no grease marks. and b
spilled ON clothes or furniture. cvapOrates entirely
"A like Alcohol.
ST .. II endures any natural degree Of cold wiIhou
becoming IN the least congcaled.
NJ 6. The lamps once in order. need no snuflinl
nd OF raising of the wick. hut merely require 10 b,
nc kept clean. and To be filled a. often US they burr
10 themselves empty.
he Remark. The CamPhiDe by exposure TO tho air
nj may; after some months keeping, becoIne n liul
deterioraicd, and begin 10 form n black trust o
the wick. The article under these circumstance
is moi spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation b
the manufacturer, 10 be rs perfect as Mt first.
III. Experiments 10 determine The compdraiiU
economy II CanPhiHs and Sperm OIL for iHssniad
ton.
August p, 1910. Having filled a Fountain A
gand Lamp with 4 measured quantity of the bc'
Sperm Oil and one of Webb's Patent Camphin
Lamps, with n measured quantity OF Webb's Can
PLine; | lighted them simultaneously. and measure
The quantity Of light afforded by each every tweni
minutes, for two hours, and finally measuring Ia
residual quantity of Oil and Camphine, determine
the quantity of each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion Of each substance nece,
9 sary TO afford an equal light. The result, was, Ihs
IS paris of Camphine We're equal in illuminalin
power To 100 parts of Oil. by measure. Allowin
both substances TO be of equal price by the galloI
- there would be a saving of more Than onc-haIf q
- using The Cnmphine. Some idea Of the suneri,
"a brilliancy OF The light from the Camphine may b
"a formed from the fact that in the above crperimeI
IN although the diameter Of the two flames was n,
a, very different. the one being seVen-eighths and IN
y Siher nine -eighihs Of all inch; yet tho light from IN
- Oil was To that from the Camphine only as 3 to II
the Camphine giving more Than three times as muc
!. lighI as ID Oil.
~. PecHLdrites IN The cOgbHsLon Of Camphia,
". Web'S Patent Burners, &c. &C.
When Camphino is burned ia tho unmodifcd one
air, II consumes with much black smoke. like spirit
OF Turpcntine, but with a. thin fame and "a currer
oi ar alta certain velocity. moi a particle Of smok
- appears The construction Of Inc Camphine Lam
IL. for It's ol ject the above conditions.
MIR. Gay has shown me one of Mr. Webb's Pa
ent Camphine Burners, with a "circuIar wick" b,
tween two "confcal' concenirick plates, which
nj elegant III form. and answers The purposes Of smok,
OF less combustion completely. Mr.. Gay has also show
e. us q sample Of The Camphinc. manufactured byAI
Webt Of New York, according 10 his patent m,
ihod. q seems to me 10 have all of the propeuie
OF the Camphine of Dumas and Afforded a very ~
Pcror light. nt appears from the foregoing erper
nent.
The use Of Campfire for The purposes Of IIlum
nation - not a new project, but has The experieuc
VI some years 10 Gunner u. and 50 far, / beIiey,
4 than gives general satisfaction.
JoHN LOCKE.
: Medical College Of Ohio, August %. 1910.
= The article rs prepared bv 81. Dumas. vo
made in the laboratory without reference TO COST 'ab
sOiutely pure.-Oci S-ff