Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-08-17

lGHr-The Wheeling C~amphine Company
having received n supply OF Webb's Cam-
phine oil and Lamps. is now ready To furnish the
citizens of Wheeling. with the best light ia all re-
speets 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 at Cincinnati as to the
superiority Of the article for light.
The Store Of the Camphine Company is on wafer
street, a few doors above the stage office. where
the light may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. Il. =. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
Ma. GAY, agent for A. v H. Ue65, oT Nep York,
Having called on me for my opinion with regard
TO the use OF Camphlne, for the purposes of artificial
illumination, | have, after examining tho subject
embodied the following information:
J. Nature If C~aRphiRc. Camphine is a proGimaie
vegetable principle, discovered SOme years since.
by Dumas, of Paris. IL Is mostly procured from
spirits Of Turpentinc. and is in fact "a very pure
essen oi Turpenune." IL Is capable OF combining
with other substances, and ofbeing separated again
from them without being changed in its qualities.
IL haas therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether. n
permanent and distinct nature rs a chymical sub
stance. IL Is coloiless. limPij, moderately volatile
aud combnsiIble. in the same manner as spirits Of
Turpeniinc, but j, is not explosive. Camphor diff
cs iroMCamphinc only in containing oNygene. hence
the name of Camphine. OF basis ofCamphor.
IL Economical RseeC CamDhuaeJ for he purposes
~ htNAtthtifcN. NV opinion IN hNoT oil The use OF
CamPhine for lights, was fully expressed in my lee
turos last winter. and see no cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend it, are us follows:
/. II can be furnished in abundance, and at n
moderate price.
:. IL affords a light more brilliant than any other
substance hitherto proposed for common use.
j. IL is saie, in no way explosive, drops no fire
from the wick, aud leaves no fire upon IT,.
T. Id is Cleuulv. lpayeS n ,Yren.a rnoris anil !;
spilled on clothes Or furniture, evaporaies entirely
like Alcohol.
5. II endures any natural degree Of cold without
becoming IN The least cougealed.
6. The lamps once in order. need no %snuffing
or raising Of the wick, but merely require To be
kept clean, and TO be filled as often as they burn
themselves empty.
Remark. The CamPhine by exposure 10 the air
mays after some months keeping, become a little
deteriorated, and begin 10 form a black crust OF
the wick. The article under these circumstance
Is not spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation by
the manufacturer. 10 be asperfect as at first.
I'LL. Experiments TO determine the comparative
economy Of CdHphiHe and Sperm OIL for ilsmlina.
ton.
AEguSt27, 1910. Having filed n Fountain Ar.
gand Lamp with a measured quantity Of the best
Sperm Oil and one of Webb's Patent Cnmphine
Lamps, with a measured quantity Of Webb's Cam.
phine; lighted them simultaneously, and measured
The quantity of light afforded by each every twenty
minutes. for Two hours, and finally measuring the
residual quantity OF Oil and Camphine, determined
the quantity OF each consumed. From these data |
calculated The proportion Of each substance neces.
sary TO afford an equal light. The result, was, that
IS parts of C~amphine were equnI in Illuminating
power TO 100 parts of Oil, by measure. Allowing
both substances TO be of equal price by the gallon,
there would be a saving of more than one.half by
using the Camphine. Some idea Of the superior
| hrIlIInngv Of fha lavhf Ernp. tho run,-L.. -. l.
formed from the fact that in the above experiment
although the diameter Of the two flames was not
very different, The one being seyen-eighths and the
other nine-eighihs Of an inch; yet tho light from the
Ol was 10 that from the Camphine only as 3 10 10,
the Camphine giving 2Ore Than three Times as much
light as u e Oil.
". Pec"Larifes in he combustion Of CGmphine;
Va Views Patent Burners, &c. &c.
When Camphinc is burned ia tho unmodifed omen
an, It consumes with much black smoke, like spirits
OF Iurpentine. but with n Thin flame and u current
oi ar alta certain velocity. moi a particle Of smoke
appears The construction Of The Camphine LAM
for its oil ject the above conditions.
Mr.. Cav has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Pat
ent Camphine Burners. with a "circular wick" he.
tween two "conical' cOncenirick plates, which is
elegant in form, and answ ers The purposes Of smoke.
less combustion completely. Mr.. Gay has also shown
mc o sample of The Camphine, manufacturer byAlr
Webt Of New York, according 10 his patent me.
thod. Il seems To me io have all of the properties
Of the Camphine Of Dumas and afforded a very su.
peHor light, as appears from the foregoing expert.
ment.
The use Of Campfire for The purposes Of lllumi.
nation is not n new project, but has The experience
oi some years 10 CONNIE u, and so far, | believe,
1t has given general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio. August %. 1910.
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The article ns prepared by NJ. Dumas, was
made in the laboratory without reference TO cost.
soluiell pure.-Ocf S-tC