Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-06-03

n IGHr-The Wheeling Camphine Company
4 A having received a supply Of Webb's Cam
phine oil and Lamps, is now ready 10 furnish The
citizens of Wheeling with the best light in oil re-
spee's which has ever been offered 10 the public.
AnneNSd Is the result Of the analysis Of the Cam
pmne Oh and the opinioa of Professor Locke Of
the Ohio Medical College Of Cincinnati. as 10 the
superiority Oi the article for light.
Ihe Store OF the Camphiue Company is on waiei /
street Jew doors above the stage office, where |
'he hSIi may ne seen nightly. Sales are for cash i
only. IL. =. SANBORNE PrincinaI AGENT
Nix. CAY, Agent for A. v. H. Wen. Of Ns,r Yort.
Having called on ne for my opinion with regard |
10 tho uso OF Camphne, for the purposes Of artificial
illumination, | have after examining the subject
emb'ded Tho following Information:
!. Nature Of CaD,PhiHe. Camphine is a sima,e
vegetable principle. discovered some years since
10y Dumas, oi PARIS. Ii is mostly procured frum
spn'soi Iurpeniiac. aud is VA fact "a very pure
essence at Tnrpenine.' IL is capable OF combining
with olhel substances aud of being separated AGAIN
lroin HEN without being changed in its qualities
/ u LAS therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether, a
permanent and distinct nature a chymical sub
slonce u Is co!oilesS. limpid moderately volatile
aud combusiible. in the same mapner ms spirits Of
IurpentInc. but 1t is not explosive. Camphor dill:
ers iroSaCamphine only in containing oHypcne hence
tue name OF Camphine. OF basis of CaInphor
| IL EcoHoIiical Wscof CdR,DhiHe for he purposes
81 illumination. My opinion in favor Of the use OF
Camphino tor lights. was fully expressed in my Ice.
lures lust winter. aud see no cause for changing
'ha' opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend II, follows:
/. IL can be furnished in abundance and n,
moderate Price
= II affords light more brilliant Than any other
substance hitherto proposed for common use
D. II Is safe. ia no way explosive. drops no FIRE
from the WICK, and leaves no fire upon H.
4 Il Is clearly. leaves no grease marks md il
spilled on clothes or furniture. cyaporacs entirely.
, like Alcohol
). II cudures any natural degree Of cold without
becoming va tic least rOugealed
d. The lamps once IA order. need no snuiiing
or raising OF the wick. hut merely require to be
Kept clean. aud TO DC filled as often as they burn
D themselves empty.
2 Remark. The CamShine by exposure TO the air.
! mayi alter some months keeping. become u little
dcteroraied. aud begin 10 form black crust on
the wick. The article under these circumstances
Is not SPOILED. but only requires rehabilitation By
the manufacturer, to ne AZ perfect Us al first
III. Experiments 10 determine The comparafire
economy " CGmphine and Sperm Oh for Msnana,
t0H.
August %. 1910. Having filled Fountain Ar
gand Lamp With measured quantity Of the best
Sperm Oil and one of Nebh's Patent Campf. nc
LAMPS. with measured quantity Of Webb's Cam.
plineil lighted them simultaneously. aud measured
The quantity of hight afforded by each every twenty
minutes. for two hours. aud finally measuring the
residual quantity Of Oil and Camrhne, determined
the quantity Of each consumed From these data
calculated the proportion of each Subsistence neccs
sary 10 afford an equal light. The result was. tha
ID paris of Camphine were equul in illuminating
power To loo parts OF Oil, by measure. Allowing
both substances to be Of equal prcc by the gallon
: there would be a saving OF more thon une.h,lr %,
, using the Camphine. Some idea of the superior
br!lancy of The light from The Camphine may b,
formed from the fact that in the above experiment
70 although the diameter OF the Two flames WAS n,J
VCEy different the one being scycn-eig hhs anil tho
other nut-eghIhs of inch YET tho light from the
Oh was in that from the Camphine only as 3 10 %
the Camlhne giving T-Cre Than three lines Us much
light - q e OIL.
~. Pcc"harifieS in fhe combustion Of Carphiae
w NStbs FaicHt Burners, &c. &c.
When CainphIne is burned ia Ihe uumodifed opeT
To- Uf,i consumes with mech black smoke like spirit
> OF TurPeE;ue, but with thin flame and rarren
VI an nia certain velocity. not particle Of sruok,
- appears The construction OF the Camphre LAM
b. Tor lis @: JGct the above conditions
" NJ. Gay has shown me one Of Mr Wclb's Pat
D. ent CamPh1ne Burners, with n "circular wick" he
ID tween Two "eUniral" concenirck plates which i
= elegant IN form and answers The purposes of smoke
81 less combustion completely. Mr. Cav has also shown
> no sample Of The Camphine. manufactured bySIr
J. Wcbt Oi New York. according 10 his patent me
ihod. u seoIns 10 me 10 have all Of the Iroperie
Of The Campine Of Dumas aud ofIorded a very su
pcr.or light. as appears from the foregoing expert
Inent.
F, Tho use Of Campfire for the purposes Of Illumi
naiion Is not new project, bat has he experience
$ Of some years to recommend H. and SO far, believe
( It ha, gives general satisfaction
p JOHN LOCKE.
: Medical College Of Ohio, August 2s. 1910.
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j. Tho article prepared by NJ Dumas. -n,
made IN the laboratory without reference to cost
sUiutcly pure.-Oct S-tc