Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-08-05

iGur-The Wheeling Camphine Company
having received n supply OF webb's Cam
phine oil and Lamps. il now ready TO furnish the
citizens of Wheeling, with the best light in all re-
specIs which has ever been Offered to the public.
Annexed is the result OF the analysis Of the Cam |
phine Oil and the opinion Of Professor Locke Of
the Ohio Medical College ut Cincinnati. as 10 the
superiority Oi the article for light.
The Store Of the Camphius Company is on water
street, n few doors above the stage office, where
the light may be seeu nightly. Sales are for cash
only. II. .. SANBORNE. Principal Agent. 4
Ma. GAY. Agent for A. v. a. We66. Of Ner York.
Having called ON me for my opinion with regard
To tho use OF Campfire, for The purposes OF artificial
illumination, ] have after examining the subject.
e~mbDdied the following information
!. Natuns IF Camphine. Camphine is q prosimate
vegetable principle, discovered sotic years since. |
Ivy Dumas, Of PARIS. IL is mostly procured from
spirits OF Turpentinc. and IL in fact "a very pure
essence OF Turpentine." IL is capable of combining
with oihcI substances. and Of beinE separated again
from them without being changed in its qualities.
IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether. a
permanent and distinct nature rs n chymical sub.
stance. IL u coloiless. limrij. moderately volatile
and cornbusiible. IN the samo manner as spirits Of
Turpeniine. but IL is not explosive. Camphor dif.
es fronCamPhine only in containing oIygene. hence
the name OF Camphine. OF basis of Camphor.
III Economical Mssef Complain for the purpose,
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
that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend II, are rs follows:
l.. IL can he furnished in abundance. and At n
moderate price.
?. IL affords a light more brilliant than any other
substance hitherto proposed for common use.
.. IL is safe. in no way explosive, drops no fire
, iron. the wick. nnI leaves no fire upon il.
& IL is cleanly. leaves no grease marks. and il
/. spilled ON clothes VI furniture, eynporates entirely.
like Alcohol.
{ 5. IL endures any natural degree Of cold without
becoming in the least cUugealed.
9 6. The lamps once in order. need no snufing
! or raising Of the wick, but merely require TO be
kept clean. and To be filled as often n. they burn
o themselves empty.
E Remark. The Camshine BY exposure 10 tho mir
j may; after some months keeping, becone n little
deieriorated. and begin 10 form q black crust on
the wick. The article under these circumstance
Is not spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation by
the manufacturer. TO be rs perfect as ni first.
III. Experiments 10 determine the compdrafir,
economy Of Camphins and Sperm OIL for Msnina
non.
AEgT127. 1910. Having filed a Fountain Ar
saud Lamp with a measured quantity Of Ihe hes
Sperm Oil and one Of Webb's Patent Cnmphin,
Lamps, with a measured quantity Of webbs Cam
phine;l lighted them simultaneously. and measure,
the quantity Of light afforded by each every twenty
minutes. for twoh hours, and finally measuring ih,
residual quantity Of Oil and Cnmphinc, determine,
the quantity Of each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion OF each substance neces
sary 10 afford an equal light. The result. wos, tina
Is parts of Camphino were equal in illuminalini
power 10 100 paris of Oil. by measure. AIlowini
both substances 10 be Of equal price by the gallon
-; there would be a saving OF more than one half n
= using the Camphine. Some idea of the superio
brillIancy Of the light from the Comphine may b.
\ formed from the fact that in the above experiment
- | alIlDnuh Iha IIunaafar of IA 80 a.,x-
very different, the one being seVen-eirhths and IN,
r other nine eighIhs Of an inch; yet tho light from IN,
Oil was 10 that from The C~amphine only us 3 to 10
the Camphine giving more than three times rs mucl
light as tfe OIL.
= ~. Pecuiiarites in The combustion Of Campfire
W. Webs Patent Burners, &c. DC.
When Camphino Is burned liz the unmodifed opel
All. u consumes with much black smoke. like spirit
. OF Turpcniine, but with n thin flame and a curren
Vi arr ata certain velocity. not q particle of smok
= appears The construction OF Inc CaInphine Lam
Tor lis oil ject the above conditions.
MIR. Cay has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Pal
ent Camphine Burners. with a "circular wick" he
d tween two "conicai' conccnlrick plates. which
d elegant m form, and answers the purposes of smoke
less combustion completely. MI. Gay has al,o show
We q sample Of the CnmphiDe. manufactured byhII
/ Wcbt Of Now York, according Ia his patent m,
ihod. Il seems TO me 10 have all Of the propenie
oi ihe Camphine Of Dumas and afforded a very ~
peror light u appears from Tho foregoing eIperi
nenf.
The use of Campfire for The purposes Of Illumi
ha'lon ~ not a new project. hut has the experienc,
"i some years TO recommend u, and 30 FAR. l believe
rha' gives general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE
Medical Co1rgs Of Ohio. ASguH %. 1910.
Tho article os prepared By NJ. Dumas, wa
made IN the laboratory without reference 10 cost. ab