Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-25

q IGHT-Tho Wheeling Cgmphine Company |
81 A having received supply OF we5h's Cam !
phiue oil and Lamps, is uoS ready 10 furnish the /
cIzcus of Wheeling, with the best ligh; m all re-
speeds which has ever been offered To the public.
Annexed is the result, Of the analysis Of the Cam
Phino OIL and the opinion of Professor Locke of
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. rs ~ the
superiority OF the article for light.
The Store Of the Camphinc Company is on water
street, few doors above the stage office. where
the light may be seen nightly. Sales are tor cash
/ only. b. I. SANBOENE. Principal Agent.
/ Mr. GAY, Agent far A. v H. Htj5 # Nrlu York.
/ Having called on me Cor my opinion with regard
/ 10 the us' OF Camphinc Tor the purposes of artificial
/ illumination, have. after examining the subject
/ embodied the following information:
! l. Nature # CamptiEs Camphiuc is a proximatc
Vegetable principle discovered some years since,
hy Dumas, Of Paris IL Is MOSTLY procured from
spirits OF IurpcutiUc. and is in ioCt "a very pure
osscu," ol IuTpguuuc." IL is capable OF combining
with othci substances, a@d being separated again
from ihcm without being changed IN It's qualities.
IL has therefore. like pure Alcohol and Ether. a
permanent and distinct nature Chymica sub
stance. Il Is co,O',css. limrd moderately volatile
and cpmhusublc. i'm the same manner as spirits OF
'lurFcuunc hut 1t Is no, explosive. Camph0r dill.
Crs irDEtJmphIuc only in containing oNvgcnc, hence
the name OF Camphiuc OF basis OF CampIor.
II EcggoHiaal USoof CGmphiEe for hc purposes
Of WgutHatoa Ny opinion IN favor Of the use OF
.
L tunes last winter, aud sec no causc tor changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend %, are follows:
%. /. Il can Doe furnished in abundance. and al
s moderate Price.
- > Il affords Ugh, more brilliant ,hnn any o,hc
10 substance hllhcrio proposed for common use.
"a s. j. is SIie, m no way explosive, drops fir,
10 from the wick, nud leaves no ire upon IT,
o j. u is ciyaulv. leaves 40 urcnsr marks. and
s spilled on clothes furniture, cyayorles entirely
a Hnc Alcohol
ST D /, cnaurcs any natural degree Of cold vithou
s becoming IU the least cuu-calsd
no g. The lamps once la order. need no snuiliu
% or raising of The wick. hut merely require to %
rr Kept clean and 10 be filed Us often they bur
90 themselves empty.
be- Remark. The CamTLno by exposure 10 the ali
lL mag: aiiCT some months keeping, become a lull
dc'cuon'cd. and begin 10 form black crust %
the wick The article under these circumstance
~ Is mot SPOILED but only requires Redistribution b
The uauuiacturcr, 90 De "a, perfect as az first
lil. LEprriACHfs 10 d,'rs1auc Mc comyaraij,
economy u Ca@pLH.c and Sperm OIL for WsmiE'
lion.
Arrus, y. 1910. Having filled Fountain \
c9Ud Lamp with n measured quantity of the be
Sperm OIL aud one OF Wcbbs Patent Clmphu
Lamps, with measured quantity of Webb's Can
Finu'i lighted them simultaneously. and measure
. the quantity of light afforded by each every invent
y ElInuics for two hours, and finally measuring n
residual quantity ct OIL aud CumIhuc. determine
!. the quantity Of each consumed From these data
calculated Ihe proportion oi each substance nccC
siry 10 afford an equal light The result was, III
- paris OF Camphine were equal in Iuminaiir
Il power 10 100 paris Of OIL 10y measure. Alluwir
ho;h substances 10 be O.! equal prcc ~ tie gallo
r. tH,rc wuui! be "a saving OF more than unc.haIf
I'D using the Camnhiuc some idea Of the super,
a. br.liaury OF The light from The Camphiuc may
~ !orHcd from the fact that IN The above CXpcrimc
IlflHr..' % The
,y very different, ,he one being scycn-cighlhs and Il
other nIUo-Ui-hils Of inch; vet the light from a
-s OH was 20 taal hom The Camphinc only Is , 10 !
. ie t"mHhiuc giving than three times as lau,
nm Ig-I as I.c Oh.
~. Prcaiqriiss IA he combustion Of CqalrEia
rs " Nob's PG'rE, burners Sc. DC.
When Cumph.uo is burned 10 I!.e uumodifcd OF,
Ia alT, % consumes with much black smoke like spin
OF Furpeul!uc, bu, with Thin flome and a cure
"i ar al certain velocity. no, particle Of s3nol
- appears The construction of lhe Camph.Ha Ian
%, Tor Us oil Jet the above conditions
nv Mr. Gay has shown me one Of Mr. Weh5s 7.
~. emf tamFh.Uc Burners, with "circular wick" B.
yea tween Two "couicai' cuUccurick plates. which
%" elegant ~ form. and the purposes Of smoE
OF less combustion completely Mr.. Gay has also show
To- tuc sample Of The CnHIhiuc, manufactured byA
ell Ncht Of New York. according 10 his pa'cn, m
ihnl. % seems 10 ue 10 have all OF the Ir1perii
%. toe Camph.ur OF Dumas and afforded very S
F'ror light as appears from the foregoing cxpe
IICut
/. The Use Of Campfire Tor The purposes Of rllur
nation IS not new project, bat has The expcrieu,
80 %! some years TO recommend H. and 30 far, bcey
D." II has given general satisfaction.
'' JOHN LOCKE.
rs Meaioa! CoH,gs Of Ohio, August IS, 1910.
W. -=-
'. The article as prepared by NJ Dumas WI
- made IN ihe laboratory without reference 10 cost a
Solutely purc-ocj S--IE