Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-08-21
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IGHT-The Wheeling Camph,ne C.no.n.
having received a supply of webb,s c.,
prime OIL and lamps. is now ready TO furnish the
ciiizens al wheeling. with the best I;yb, !. all re-
~. nis has ever been offered To IN, rublic
oh;na @n is The result Of the analyss Of Ike Of
Inc Ohio ,ioS; ue opinion Of Pr.ies-s as to the
superiority VI the arti.le Co. ,,g,t-
The Store of the Camphit Cop~any IS On wafer
street, a few doors abovs Ee age Office, where
the light may be seen rglay sales are Tor cash
only. II. r. SsNyORNE. Principal Agent.
Ma. CAY. Agent A. a Y. H. We56. Of Nep York.
Having call,.i5n &c for my opinion with regard
to tho use of C~,mpsine. for the purposes Of artificial
! illumination ! hcc. after examining the subject,
embodied tie FLOWING information:
l.. Marie 4 Camphine. Camphino is a p~roSimaie
v-c.,,b,e vinciplc, discovered some years since.
hy DUNG. of Paris. IL is mostly procured from
snir,s cT'urpcntinc, and is in fact N very pure
| esse..e OF Tnrpentinc." II is capable Of combining
us.h olheI substances. aud ofbeing separated again
ann Them without being changed in its qualities.
v has therefore. like pure Alcohol and Ether. a
permanent and distinct nature rs n chymical sub.
stance. IL Is coloIlcss, limpid, moderately volatile
aud eombusiIble. in the same manner as spirits Of
TurpeniIne, but IL Is not explosive. Camphor diff
eS frO~ECamphine only in containing oxygene, hence
the name of Camphine. OF basis Of Camphsr.
III EeoRom,caI HSeof CaHphine for he purposes
Of Illumination. My opinion in favor of the use of
CnmPhine for lights, WINS fully expressed in my lee
lures last winter, and ] see no cause for changing
thai opinion The circumstances which recum-
mend IL, are ms follows:
l.. II can be furnished in abundance. and ai n
moderate price.
=. IL affords n light more brilliant than any other
substance hitherto proposed for common use.
>. IL Is safe, IN no way explosive, drops no fire
from the wick, and leaves no fire upon il.
Il IL Is cleanly. leaves no grease marks. and il
spilled on clothes VI furniture, evaporaies entirely.
like Alcohol.
5. IL endures any natural degree Of cold without
becoming in the least congcaled.
b. The lamps once in order. need no snufing
or raising Of the wick, but merely require 10 be
kept clean, and TO be filed as often as they burn
themselves empty.
Remark. The CamPhine by exposure TO the air
mays aiier some months keeping, beconc a little
deierionted. and begin 10 form a black crust OF
the wick. The article under these circumstance,
is not spoiled, but only requires re-disiillaiion b,
the manufacturer. 10 he as perfect Us at first.
III. Experiments 10 determine The comparable.
economy Of C~amPhine and Sperm OIL for iASminu
ton.
August "a, 1910. Hoving filled a Fountain Ar
gand Lamp with a measured quantity Of the bes
Sperm OIL and on Of Webb's Patent Camphin,
Lamps. with a measured quantity Of Webb's Cam
phine; lighted them simultaneously. and measure,
The quantity Of light afforded by each every twenty
minutes. for two hours, and finally measuring tn
residual quantity Of Oil and Camphine, determine,
the quantity Of each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion of each substance ncces
sary 10 afford an equal light. The result, vas, tina
- paris of Camphine were equal in illnminaiin,
power to 100 parts of Oil. by measure. Allowinl
both substances 10 be OF equal price by the gallon
there would be n saving Of more than one-half ID
using the Carnphine. Some idea Of the superio
brillIancy of the light from the C~amphine may b
iormcd from the fact That i'm the above experiment
although the diameter Of the two flames vas nu
very different, The one being seven-eighihs and lh
ether nine-eighdls OF an inch; yet the light from In
Oil was 10 that from The Camphine only rs 3 to 10
the Campiine giving more than three lines as mucI
lighI rs TIE Oil.
~. PeeRLariGes ia The combustion Of Camphine
w. VIEWS Patent Burners, DC. &c.
When Carnphinc is burned ia The unmodifed opel
ali, II consumes with much black smoke. like spirit
of Turpcniine, but with a Thin flame and a curTen
OF air alta certain velocity. moi n particle Of smok
appears The construction of The Canphine Lam
for It's ol iect the above conditions.
Mr.. Gay has shown me one Of MIR Webbs Pat
ent Camphine Burners. with a "circular wick" he
iwecr two "conical' concenirick plates, which
elegant in form. and answers The purposes Of smoke
less combustion completely. Mr.. Gay has also show
me n sample Of The Camphine. manufactured hyAIi
Webb of New York, according To his patent me
ihod. Il seems 10 me 10 have all of the ~propeuie
of The CamphIne of Dumas and afforded a very 81
PcrIOr light, "a appears from The foregoing expert
I mcnt.
The use Of Campfire for The purposes OF Illumi
nation Is not n new project, bat has the expcrienc,
Of some years to recommend It. and so far, believe
II has given general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College of Ohio, August %, 1910.
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The article as prepared by NJ. Dumas. wa
made in the laboratory without reference 10 cost, alb
sOlutelJ pure-Oci ST