Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-13

lGllT.-Tho Wheeling Camphino Company
hs~ing received n supply OF Wcbb's Cam.
phine oil and Lamps, is now ready 10 furnish the
citizens of Wheeling. with the best light in all 70.
specis which has ever been offered to the public.
Annexed is the result Of the analysis of the Cam
phino OIL and tho opinion of Professor Locke o.
the Ohio Medical College nj Cincinnati. as to Ia,
superiority Of the article for light.
The Store Of the Camphine Company Is ON waite
street a lew doors above tho stage office. wher
'he hsh' may DC seen nightly. Sales arc for cad
only IL !. SANBORNE. Principal Agey(
Ma GAY Agent for A. v n WEB. Of Mem -
Having called on me Tor rny opinion wir,;fr ,aI
70 mo use oil Chnphinc, OR tho purposes, ub;,c,
illumination, | have, unor eXami,ipy ''yN
embodied tho following Information.
!. Nature IF CanpAiae. Camphi. o'I
vegetable principle, dlscoyered,v nr,cn,sl 80
by Dumas, OF Paris. IL is Vfac, "a YER, No.
spiriiso OF TurpcntiHe, aud c,nable ot cor,
essence OF Turpcuuine." oCbe,pg sen,ro,ci -
VI" D'"e' S"n,''ncesIg changed in its qualities.
,r"" htm N'WouL< pure Alcohol and Ether. a
y h"' ulr'''',' met nature as a chymical sub.
Per'h'I'n' ana .oslcss, limpid, moderately volatile
- -Sio. IN the same manner as spirits of
r. - bnt 1t Is not explosive. Camphor dill:
hnrhine only in containing o1ygcno. hence
-. 40 ot Camphine. OF basis o~fCamphor.
Economical USco6 CGp,yLinc for te purposes
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E%sinphine for lights, was fully expressed in my lee.
lures last winter. and ! see no cause Tor changing
opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend it, are as iu'lOvs:
j. IL can be furnished in abundance, and n, a
price.
:. 1t affords a light more brillian, ihun any other
hitherto proposed for common use.
-. IL Is safe. IN no way explosive. drops no fire
from the wick. and leaves no fire upon il.
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spilled on clothes or furniture, evaporates entirely,
like Alcohol.
;. II cndurcs any natural degree Of cold without
becoming in The least cungcaled.
6. The lamps once in order. need no %snufing
or raising OF the wick, but merely require TO be
Kept clean, and TO be filed as often as they burn
themselves empty.
Remark. The CamFhine by exposure TO the air
may; after some months Keeping, become a litls
dcIorioatcd. and begin TO form n black crust OF
the wick. The article under these circumstance;
Is not spoiled, bat only requires Redistribution Jy
the manufactures. 10 DO rs pertcct as at first.
III. Experiments 10 determine the comparable,
economy 81 CaHpkiae aud Sperm OIL for illgmina
ton.
AHguSi27. 1910. Having filed n Fountain Ar
Gand Lamp with IA measured quantity Of The hes
Sperm Oil and ono of Webb's Patent Campain,
Lamps, with n measured quantity Of Wchb's Cam
phinc; lighted them simultaneously. and measured
The quantity Of light afforded by each every iSenr,
Elinutes. for TWO hours. and finally measuring IN,
residual quantity Of OIL and Camphina. determine,
the quantity OF each consumed. From these data
calculated tho proportion Of each substance neces
sury 10 Afford an equal light. The result. was. iha
10 paris Of ComPhjue were equal in illuminalin;
power to 100 paris of OIL. by measure. Allowinl
both substances 10 be Of equal pr.ce by the gallon
there would lac a saving OF Eaore than one.half D
using the Camphiuc. Some idea Of The superio
brilliaucy Of The light from tho Camphine may b.
formed icom the fact that in the above experiment
although tho diameter Of the two flames vas no
very different. the ono bciGg seven-cishtls and ta
other nIne-cishlhs Of an inch; yet The light from III.
OIL was 10 that from the Camphine only as 3 10 &c
the Camphine giving .zore than three times as mucI
light rs ne OIL.
". PecUi.ariiies in he combustion Of Camyhine
W. WcJ6s Patent Burners, &c. &c.
When Camphine is burned Ia rhe unmodifod oper
ali, It consumes with much black smoke. like spirit
Of Turpeutine, but with a Thin flame and = currer
Of air alta certain velocity. not a particle Of smok
appears The construction of the Camphine Lam
for lis al jeci the above conditions.
Mr.. Gay has shown Ine one Of Mr. Wesb's Pa.
en-; Camphine Burners, with a circular wick" b,
tween two "conical" concenlrick plates. which
elegant IN form, and answers Tho purposes Of sInok,
less Combusiion completely. Mr.. Gay has also show
uo = sample Of tho Camphine. manufactured byN
Webb Of New York, according To his patent m,
ihpd. u seems 10 me 10 have all Of the ]propcris
Of The Camphine Of Dumas md afforded a very .,
poror light, rs appears from The foregoing e1per
meut.
The use Of CamPhire for the purposes Of Hum
nation Is not n new project. but has the experience
Of some years 10 recommend It. and so far, believ,
II has given general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio, August %. 1880.
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The article as prepared by NJ. Dumas. wa
made in the laboratory without reference TO cost, al
solutely pure-oct S-tC