Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-11

lGllr-Iho NuroIing Camphino Company
q a having rcceiYed' supply OF Wcbbs Cam |
Phne OIL anu Lamps isrrw ready To furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling, viii, The best light in all re-
speeds which has ever been or red =, ihe public
Annexed is the result of tho ANALYSIS Of the Cam
ph'no Oh aud tho opinion Of Professor Locke of
me Ohio Medical College ut cincinnati rs 10 the
superiority OF the article Tor light.
nc store oil the CampAine Company is on water
s'rot' iew doors above tho stage Office. where
the light may be seen nightly S,lc. 49,, s,r ,,.b
onF, H. :. SANBORNE PRINCIPAL Agent
Mh 'Af' Ags"t for A. v H. WrL6 Of N,,, York. |
i''"'s 'aIed on me inr my oqJuun with regard !
20 inc use OF Camphino for tho purposes OF artificial
'u'l',,'',oi' nave after examining the subject
, embodied the following nC,rmoti,r.
l. Nature Of CampLine C,mnbin, i . ,,,,;,,,,.
vegetable principle. dr>cover,I s,e 80 80.
10y Dumas, Of PARIS. IL Is noel, ,,rnc,,.J tn,
spirits of rurpen;iHc aud is in fa,, %, ,o-,. -,
essence ~ TurpcntInc' II Is capab.> oi corb,,,ir
with othei substances. and of being SCI ,r,toJ ,,r
from them without being changed ia ~. ,,,.I.,..
IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and v,h.r ,
permanent and distinct nature as q chymca -
stance. u Is cooilcss. limpid, moderately vols,il.
aud cumbuSjIble. IN the same manner as spirits e
ITurpcu'nc, hut II l. not explosive. Camphor dill
ers iroNCamphinc only ia containing oNygene. hence
the name of CanphIuc. or basis OF CamphUr.
| III Ec0Homirui ussof CamphiHc for tie purposes
Of illumination. My opinion IN favor cf lhe OF
Comphrnc for lights, fully expressed in my lee
tufoS last winter, aud I see cause for changing
, that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend n, rs follows:
!. Ii can be furnished in abundance aud at n
, moderate price
, Il affords light moro brilliant than any other
substance hitherto proposed for common use
$. IL - safe. IN way explosive. drops no fire
D from the wick. and leaves no fire upon H..
! Il IL ~ ciCauly. leaves grease marks. and II
, spilled on clothes or furniture, eyaporates entirely,
a Like Alcohol.
g ;. Il cndures any natural degree Of cold without
becoming IN the least cungcal"d
u g. The lamps once IN order need no suufluC
i or raising at the wick, bat merely require 90 be
9 kept clean, and 10 be filed as often as lhey burn
% themselves empty.
. Remark. The CamFhinc by exposure 10 the air
i may; after some months Keeping become n liul,
dctcrIOratcd, aud begin 20 form black crust on
the wick. The article under these circumstance
: Is not spoiled but only requires rehabilitation by
The manufacturer, 10 be aS perfect al first.
III. Experiments 10 determine The comparative
economy Of Camphine and Sperm OIL for MsHriua
ton
August y. 1910. Having filed Fountain Ar
gand Lamp with "A measured quantity OF the bcs
Sperm oil and one Of Wcbb's Patent Camphin,
Lamps, with measured quantity Of Webb's Cam
phiucil lighted them simultaneously, and measured
tho quantity OF light afforded 10y each every twcui,
yanutcs. for two hours. and finally measuring IA,
residual quantity of OIL and Camphinc, Determined
E the quantity of each consumed. From these data
calculated The proportion of each substance neCes
sary 10 afford equal light. The result was tina
10 paris of Camphinc were equal in illuminating
power 10 100 paris of OIL, by measure. A,luwin,
both substances TO be Of equal price by the gallon
j. there would he saving OF more than onc.half d,
N using the Camphinc Some idea OF the superb
!. hrIlhaUcy Of the light from tho Camphine may b,
v formed from the fact that in the above experiment
10 alIrUuh Tho diameter NJ la
- very different, the being sevcn-cghths and h
other niuC-eighhs of an inch yet tho light from M,
s. OIL was 10 that from the Camphine only as 3 10 0
the CamPhInc giving than three Times as mucl
n ilghI {! q OIL
". Pccal'ari,ies in he corJus,ioa Of Camphiae
$ | W. NeJbs Patent Burners, &c &c.
When Camphinc is burned III the unmodiiiod opcr
20 All. % consumes with much black smoke, like spirit
Of TurPeuIIne, but with thin flame nrd ourren
oi arr nta certain velocity iui particle Of sruok
- appears The construction of The Camphine Lam
for It's oil jet the above conditions.
Mr.. Gay has shown me one Of Mr. Wehb's Pat
ent Camphiue Burners, with a circular wick be
tween two "conIcai' conccn,rick plates which
elegant IN form, and answ The purposes OF SMOKE
less combustion completely. Mr. Gay has also showl
ue sample Of the Comphine. manufactured byAil
Webb Of New York, according Ia his patent me
thod. Il seems 10 me 10 have all Of the Iropcriie
Of the Camphine OF Dumas and afforded very su
P"rror light, rs appears from the foregoing expert
aIcut.
The use Of CamPhire FOR The purposes Of Iliumi
n7t'"'' - n Project. but has tha experience
s Of some years 10 recommend It, and so far believe
!. II has given gegeral satisfaction.
n JOHN LOCKE.
ri Medical College Of O6io, August %, 1910
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The article prepared BIS NJ Dumas wa,
made IN The laboratory without reference 10 COST
l. sDlutoly pure.-oct ST