Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-09-07


lGIIT.-Thel Wheeling Camphine Company
having received a supply OF Wcbb's Cam.
phine oil and Lalps. is now ready 10 furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling, with the best light in all re.
sPeeis which has ever been offered TO the public.
Annexed is the result Of the analysis Of the Cam.
phine Dbl and the opinion Of Professor Locke Of
me OHIO Medical College at Cincinnati. as 10 the
superiority Oi the article for light.
Inc store oil the Camphine Company is on water
street a lew doors above the stugc office, where
the light may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. II. =. SANBORNE Pr;nc;nol A..,t
MIR. GAY Agent for A. " H. N,B6 Of N,r York.
Having called on INC Tor my opinion With regard
10 the use OF Camphine. for the purposes Of artificial
illumination, ! have. after examinin the subject
embodied the following Information,
j. Mature Of CumPhiHe. Camphinc i, a prosimat.
vegetable principle, discovered sumo years since.
by Dumas, OF Paris. IL is mostly procured from
r spirits OF Turpentinc, and is in fact "a very pure
4 essen Q OF Turpeniine." II is capable Of combining
with Other substances, and ofbeing separated again
e from them without being changed in its qualities.
{ IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether. a
permanent and distinct nature as a chymical sub
b stance. IT'S coloilcss. limpid, moderately volatile
G and combusIblc, ia the same manner ns spirits of
Turpenhne, but II is not explosive. Camphor diff.
y es irosiCamPhine only in containing oSygene. hence
: the name OF Camphine. OF basis of Camphor
III Economical Hseof Cdmphiae for me purposes
Of illumination. My opinion in favor Of The use Of
CamPhine for lights, was fully expressed in my lee.
lures last winter, and see no cause for changing
'ha' opinion The circumstances which recon-.
mend u, are rs follows;
l. Il can be furnished in abundance. and at q
moderate price.
u ,. IL affords n light more brilliant than any olher
ne substance hitherto proposed for common use.
IN ). IL Is sale, IN no way explosive, drops no Gr,
IL from the wick, and leaves no fire upon il.
I'd Il IL IS clennly. leaves no grease marks, and !
IN | spilled on clothes ar Girnitura ,yau.-,,.. .pt,r.I,
81 like Alcohol.
si ). IL endures my natural degree OF cold wilhou
n. becoming IN the least congealed.
- d. The lamps once ia order. need no snu1iny
N, or raising oi tho wick, but merely require to b.
OF kept clean, aud To be filled as often as they burr
d. themselves empty.
10 Remark. The Camphine by exposure TO the oil
al may; after some months keeping, become n littl
be deienorated, and begin to form n black crust o
ng the wick. The article under these circumstance
IS not spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation b
re tho manufacturer, 10 be as perfeci as al first.
&c I'LL. Experiments 10 determine the comDdratir
We economy q CaMPhne and Sperm OIL for ihsnind
nd ton.
ais August %. 1910. Having filed a Fountain Al
NJ sand Lamp with u measured quantity of The bes
nd Sperm Oil and one of Webb's Patent Camphin
ly Lamps. with q measured quantity of Webbs Can
M plinei lighted them simultaneously. and measured
on the quantity Of light afforded by each every vent
rr, minutes. for two hours, ind finally measuring ih
e. residual quantity Of Oil and Camphine, determine,
The quantity Of each Consumed. From these data
N calculated the proportion Of each substance neces
ge sary 10 afford an equal light. The result, wns, tina
p. IS paris Of Camphine were equal in illuminating
70 power To lOO paris Of Oil, 10y measure. Allowin
a both substances to be Of equal puce by the gallon
nd there would be a saving OF more than one.half o.
using the Camphine. Some idea Of the superio
ut bnlllancy Of The light from the Camphine may b,
Ia formed from the fact that in tho above experiment
although the diameter Of the two flames was no
very different, the enc being seyen-eighths and Ih,
q other nine-eighihs Of an inch; yet tho light from III,
ne Oi was TO That from the Camphine only as 3 TO 10
or the Camphine giving more Than three times as mucl
oI light us a. OIL.
hi ". PscgAdriiies in Tie coE6uStion Of Camphine
VI Vows Patent Burners, DC. &c.
IT When ~Camphino is burned ia the uumodifed opeI
ali. II consumes with much black smoke, like spirit
OF Turpentine, but with a Thin flame and u curren
oi ar ata certain velocity. not n particle Of sInok,
appears The construction Of The CaInphine Lam
Tor It's Object the above conditions.
Mr.. Gay has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Pat
p ent Camphine Burners, with a circular wick" be
tween two "conical' concentrick plates, which j
elegant IN form. and answers The purposes Of smoke
less combustion completely. Mr.. Gay has also show
ue q sample Of The Camphine. manufactured byAir
az Webt of New York, according TO his patent me
ihod. u seems 10 me To have all Of the propenie
H. oi the C%amphIne Of Dumas and afforded a very su
Peror light. a' appears from tho foregoing expert
,f ment.
The use OF Campfire for The purposes Of rllumi
nation Is not a new project. but has the experience
nf some years 10 recommend u. and so far, | believe
th~ gwen general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio, August 2S, 1910.
. The article rs prepared by NJ. Dumas. xn,
II made IN The laboratory without reference ~ cost, alb