Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-04-03


GHT-Ths Wheeling Camphins Company
having received a supply o. Webb's CaISphins
OIL and Lamps. Is now ready TO furnish the citizens OF
Wheeling. with tia beet light in all respects " hioh hss
ever been Offered To The public.
Annexed is the result vi he analysis Of the Complnne
OH aud tho opinion Of PrHtspr Locke Of The Ohio
Nedsal College ut Cincinnati, as to the Superiority {
The article 6t light
The Store Of the Camphins Company 10 on wafer
street. q few doors above the stage office. where the
hight may De seen nightly. Sales are for cash only.
II. =. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
Mr.. GAY. Agent for A. v H. WrG6. Of Noe YORK..
Having called ON me for my opinion with regard
the Use OF Camphine. for the pur,o-cs Of artificial ilu
mina'ion have, after examining the subject. eIubod
led the following information:
l. Naiare If Canphiae. Camphine il a pro,imaie
vegetable principle. discovered some years since. hy
Dumas. of Paris. LII mostly procured from spirit,o OF
Iurpontine' and Is IA inct "a very pure essence ~
TnrPen'ine. Ii Is capable OF Combining with other
substances. aud Of being separated again from them
without being changed in its qualities. IL has there
tors. like pure Alcohol and Ether. n permanent and
distinct nature as a chymIcal substance. d is color
lCss, liinPid, moderately volatile aud cumbnsiIble. i'm
the same manner as spirits of Turpcniine. but it is moi
explosive. CamPlor differs from Camphine only in
containing urygene. hence the name vi Canphine, OF
basis of Camplnr.
II Economical Uscof CanybiEs for the purposcs II
WuniEGfiOn. My opinion ia favor of the use OF Com
phine for lights. was fully expressed in Inv lectures last
winter. and see no cause Tor changing that opinion
The circumstance which ~rscommend ii. are ~ fol
lows:
l. 1t can be furnished in abundance. and al a mod
crate prize.
.. Il affords a light moro brilliant than any other
'nhs'ance hitherto proposed Tor common u.s.
3. IL i. safe. in nu way explosive, Drops no IRE from
The wick, aud leaves ina lire upon II.
4 II IL clcanly. leaves no sreOSe marks, and If spill
sd on clothes or furniture. eNnpon,es entirely. like
J Alcohol.
5. Il emlures any natural degree Of cold without be
T coming IN The least r""s"elei.
. 6. Tue lamps once in order. need no .nuhiug OF
raising Of the wick. but merely require TO he KEEP
clean. aud 10 he filled u often a. they burn ihemSelvci
empty.
c Remark. The CamShine by exposure to The air
may; AFTER some months keeping, become n little de
Perforated. and begin To form II black crust on ia,
wick. The article under these circumstances is no
Spoiled, but only requires Redistribution by the manu-
iaciurcr, 10 he Us perfect us at fnt.
III. Experiments 60 determine he comparative econo
Mg@ CaDPhire aud Sperm OaG0r DISSEMINATION.
G AHcHI2 p. 1910. Ilaving filled a Fountain Argnn,
Lamp with u measured quantity of the besI Sperm OIL
snd ono OF WCbbs Patent Camphine Lamps, with
measured quantity Of Webb's CaInpLinc; lighted then
simultaneously, and measured tho quantity of light al
: iordcd by each every twenty minutes. for two Lour.
and finally measuring the residual quantity Of Oil AM
Camphine, determined the quantity of each consumed
n From these datn | calculated the proportion of cacl
8 subsistence necessary to Afford an etunl light. The re
e suit, was. that ID parts of Cumph;ne were equal in Il
. Illuminating power To 100 parts of Oil, by measure
: Allowing both substances 10 be Of equal puce by th,
G gallon, there would he IA saving Of more thsn onc-ha
Dy using the Camphinc. Some idea OF the superiu
d brilliancy of the light from The Camphine may be form
cd from the fact that in the above experiment alihougI
the diameter of the two flames WIS not very different
i The one heiag seycn-eighihs and the other nine-eichih
u Of an inch; yei the light frum ihe Oh was To that iron
y the Camrhine only as 3 To 10, the Camphinc giyin
-ore than IhIce Times n much light as ~ OIL.
". PecuharHiss IN hc combustion Of Camphins; NJ
Webs Patent burners, &c. &c.
When C~amphine is d burned liz The unmodifed opel
o nr, It consumes with mach black smoke, like spirits o
TurpsnIine, but with n Thin flame and = current Of al
y alta certain velocity. not a particle of smoke appear.
5 STlie construction of the Csmphine Lamp has for It's oil
: Ject the above conditions.
Mr.. Cay has shown Tue one of. Mr. Wcbb's Paten
Campline Burners, with a circular wick" between
Two "cOnical' conceuIrick plates. which is elegant ii
. form. and answers the purposes of smokeless com
buSIion completely. Mr.. Gay has also shown me
Z sample al the CamphInS, manufactured by Mr.. Web
Of New York, according Ia his patent method.
u seems Ia inc 10 have all of the properties Of the Cam
: phine OF Dumas and afforded 4 very superior light, q
: appears from the foregoing experiment.
! The use of Campfire for the purposes OF Iluminn
u lion Is moi a new project, but has he experience q
some yean Io recommend 1t, and 20 far. | believe. 1t la
given general satisfaction.
3 JOHN LOCKE.
. Medical College Of Ohio. ApgVa 2s. 1910.
b . The article ns prepared Ivy NJ. Dumas. wa, mad,
IN The laboratory without reference 10 cost. absoluisl,
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