Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-28

RHT-The Wheeling Camphne Company
II having received supply OF Webb's Cam
phinr oil and Lanps, is now ready 10 iurnish the
citizens OF Wheeling with the Acst light In all re-
sPecis which has ever been offered TO the puhlic.
Annexed is the result OF the analysis Of the Cam
phne OIL aud the opinion OF Professor Locke of
the OHIO Medical College at Cincinnati. TO the .
superiority OF the article for light
/ Inc store OF the Camphns Company Is on water /
street. few doors above the slnge Office. where |
the light may be seen nightly sales are for cash
only T. ? SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
MR GAY Agent for A. v H. UeJb Of Ns,g York,
i Having called on me fpr my opinion with regard
TO the use OF CamPhne for the purposes of artificial
illumination | have after examining the subject
embodied the following information.
]. NdtHre Of CaHPhiHs. Camphne is n pro 1imnie
vegetable principle, discovered somo years since
by Dumas, of Paris. IL is mostly procured from
spirits OF Turpeniine, and is in fact "a very pure
essence Of Turpcntine" II is capable Of combining
9 with other substances and being separated again
n from them without being changed in its qualites.
: II has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether n
permanent and distinct nature as a chymica sub
stance. u IL colotless limpd moderately volatile
!, and combusiIblo IN the same manner as spirits of
Turpentine, but IL is explosive Camphor difi.
ers iroEiCamphne only in containing oxygenc hence
n the name of Camphine. basis of Camphor.
% IL Economical HSeof Cdmphine for Us purposes
10 Of determination. My opinion in favor Of the OF
" Csmphinc for lights fully expressed i'm my lee
u lures last winter, AMI for chang inC
y; that opinion The circumstances which recon-
4, mend it, fellows.
a l. IL can be furnished in abundance. and at
~ moderate price.
g ?. Ii affords light more briIian, than any othe
= substances hitherto proposed for common use.
- 5. IL - safe, IN way explosive, drops no fir,
IN from the wick. and leaves no fro upon it.
me- 4 Ii Is clearly leaves grease marks, and
" spilled on clothes furniture. eyaporates entirely
II like Alcohol
ei 5. IL cnduros any natural degree Of cold wiIhou
a becoming IN the least csngcnled.
al 6. The lamps IN order, need no snuflin
We or raising of the wick, but merely require to D
Of kept clean, and to 10 Gllcd often they bur
b. themselves empty.
.. Remark. The CamShins by exposure to tho oil
l'J may; afor some months keeping become u liul
~ deteroraied, aud begin 10 form black crust o
the wick. The article under these circumstance
at n not spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation
81 the manufacturer, 10 be a. perfect as at first.
hs III. Experiments 10 determine he comparaii,
!, economy u CGaPhils and Sperm, OIL for WsRiH'
so ton.
August 27. 1910 HuviHg filed Fountain A
ice gand Lamp with a measured quantity Of the be-
all Sperm Oil aud one of Wobb's Patent Camphn
Lamps, with measured qHanlity Of Webb's Can
liz phino;l lighted them simultaneously and measure
)m the quantity Of light afforded by each every twcni
lvo minutes. for two hours and finally measuring n
"a residual quantity OF Oil and CamIhine determine
N the quantiiy OF each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion Of each substance niece
20 snry afford equal light. Tho result. was, TN
NJ IS parts OF Camphine equal in iluminniir
raj power To 100 paris of OIL, by measure. AloWir
both substances TO be Of equal price by the gallo
SEQ there would be saving of more than one. half
~ using the Camphinc. Some idea Of the super,
lof brilhancy Of ihe light from the Camphine may
to formed from the fact hat in tho above experimo
- although the diameter OF the two flames was n
ice very different, the beiag shhs and Il
' other nns-eighhs Of inch yoi the light from n
~, Oil was 10 that from the Camphino only as TO /
Wn the Camphine giving haa three times as niue
.ci. light as u e OIL
". PoeUliGriiiss IN he eC-6ustioa Of CaRsphin
sI- W. WeJL's PaicNf Burners, sc. sc.
H. When Camphino is burned ia IhS unmodifed op,
40 air II Consumes with much black smoke like sPiri
nd of TurpsnIine. bet with thin flame aud u curre
Of Of alE at certain velocity. particle Of sfos
rs, appears Tho cOnstrucIion Of the Camphne Ian
ol for iis ol Jact the above conditions.
- Mr.. Cav has shown Of Dir Webbs Pa
eni Camphn9 Burners, with n circular wick" b
tween two "cOnienl' SOncenirick plates, which
elegant IT, form and answers The purposes OF sinok
T. less eombusiinn completely MIR Gay hos also show
,sy u1e sample OF the Camphine, manufacia hyA
as Webt OF Now York. according 10 his patent m
)Se ihod. q seems 10 me 10 AaVo all of the propeni
lat Of the CamPhino Of Dumas and afforded very
10, Peror light, az appears from the foregoing S1pcl
20 ment.
- The use OF Camphino for the purposes Of Illum
at nation is not project. but has the exporien,
cal Of some years 10 recommend A. aud so far, bSsv
It haa given general satisfaction
'y' JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio AHgust %. 1910.
for The article as prepared by NJ Dumas, WI
ice made in the laboratory without reference cost a
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