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II IGuT-The Wheeling Satnphihe SohP'N -
4 having received a supply OF Wehbs Cam
-. ,l and I,mps /. uow ready to furnish the
r,,,zep. of wheeling with the best light m all re-
,pects which has ever been offered To the public :
A,nexed IS the result Of the analysis Of the Cam
pbine oil and the opinion Of Professor Locke OF II
ihe Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati as 10 'ne v
superiority OF the article for light. Il
The store Of the Camphne Company - on wafer c
street \ few doors above the stage Office Wsere \
The light may bc nightly. Sales arc tor cash a
only b. =. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
/ Ma CAY, Agent for A. y. n. Webb, = Nsw oTk'
/ Having called on me for my opinion with REGARD
TO tho use OF Clmphinc, for he purposes OF oTi'h'''
illumination. ! have. after examining the subject
embodied the following information:
/ l. Ndtgrc Of C0mphiHe. Camphlne u proAimn'e
vegetable principle, discovered some ycars since
hv Dumas of Paris. Il Is mostly procured from /
spirits OF Turpentipc and s IN fact "a very pure
essence OF Turlcnlinc" II Is capable OF combining
with Other substances and of being separated again
irom them without hcing changed IN ITS qualities
Il has therefore, like pure Alcohol aud Ether
permanent and distinct nature rs chymcol SUI
si1nce. Il il ciloilcss. hmpid. moderately volatile
aud combusiibc. M the same manner os spirits OF
Turpcnunc, br IL is not explosive Camphor dft
crs ruxlCamphile only in containing oxygcne hence
the name ct Csmphinc. or basis Of Camphor
II Ecouoaiell HSsef CeHplinc for de purposes
~ WamiE0GoH. My opinion in favor Of the use al
Camphine for lghis was fully expressed IN my lee
- that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend H.. arc ~ follows:
m. l. II can b, furnished in abundance. and a, a
re moderate Price.
na .. It affords light more brilliant than any o,he
nj substance hihCrjo proposed for common use.
led ). IL Il safe IN way explosive, drops no hr'
mo from the wick. and leaves no fire upon Il.
70 { Il Is cleonIy. leaves no grease marks. and
gs spilled on clothes furniture, svnpcraiss entirely
- a like Alcohol.
est s. II ondures any natural degree Of cold wiihou
IT'S. becoming IN the least cungcaled.
ent G. The lamps a~"e in order. need no snufin
and Or raising o. 'Nici, hut merely require 10 10
n, Ken, a.. .'"d 10 DO filled a. often AZ they bur
s"s - .,srScs empty
INV 'Remark. The CsmAine by exposure 10 the ali
and may; AFTER some month keeping become a litil
{. dctouoraod, and hegir 20 form a black crust %
!. The wick. The article uder these Circumstance
Is NOT spoiled. but only -cquires rehabilitation
the manufacturer. 20 be apericct as al first
Ill. Experiments 10 docr1liae The coUDaraiit
economy 81 CaH,ptiae and perm OF for M.nins
HoH.
August D. 1910 Hsvia, filled Fountain A.
sa"a Lamp WIN measure quantity Of the be-
Sperm OIL and one of Webs Patent Camphn
Lamps. with measured quuiitv Of Wcbb's Can
pliiuo; lighted them simultaneously and toc,,n,,
The quantity Of light afforded ~ each even, t,,euI
hinulcs' Tor IWo hours and faly measuring M
residual quantity OF OIL and Cauuhine. determine
me quantity OF each consumed. From ihcse data
'll'ub''td Tue proportion OF eccl substance uece
=, sary 10 afford m equal light Tn result Was. IA.
~ 10 paris Of Cnmphiue were equa In IlIur,i,,,ir
at power 10 100 plrs Of OIL. hy mcaure Allovyir
holn substances 90 be oi equal pic by the "a llo
,,-j Ihero would be- saving VI more TIM one half
pqh u'ing The Camphiue. some idea OF the saper,
,lJ brIlinncy OF ihc ghi from the CAMPING may :
l, lorHcd from ihc fact that IN the above eyperIne
on although The diameter Of the two ilanss ,y,s M
, very different. The one being seyeneichts and NJ
Other nne-eshihs Of an inch; vet the ligb rcr, n
mes Oh Wa 10 That from The Camphne only ns3 10 Il
~ The Iamphnc giving than three times g MUG
- lgh ~ OIL.
". Pecrharifie' in Ms combustion Of Caa,lin
me-. " WeJ6's Patent Burners &c. &c.
When Camphine is burned IT, The urrnoJiGsd on,
aU, ar, % consumes with muca black smoke like spr
OF IurpeutIne bat with a him flame and d crrre
oi ar at certain velocity. not a particle Of ,mo
- appears The construction Of The Camphine Ian
'Ih' Tor IFS OIL Jcct the above conditions
a'- Mr. Cav has shown me one Of Mr. WebI's p.
Az eni Camphinc Burners. with "circular wick :" q
ned wecr two "cunicai' concentrick plates =, bich
and elegant M form, and ers the purposes OF so
OF less combustion completely. Mr. Gay has also show
ueS ue sample Of The Camphne. manufactured bv y
eel Ncbt OF New York. according 10 his patent m
70 lho5. seems 10 me 10 have all oG tho pr,per,i
Of The Camphine Of Dumas and aG5rded very 3
ment -
Ut The use Of Campfire for The nurno,,s or ,II,r
nation Is not a new project but has 10 4rperien,
MS q" some years 10 recommend it. and far boev
d 1t ha' g'ves general satisfaction.
de. JOHN LOCKE.
e' Medical College Of Ohio. August 25. 1910.
90 The article as prepared by NJ Dumas. W,
- made ~ The laboratory without reference to COST
81.