Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-07-31

II IGlTr-The Wheeling Canphine Company
having received n supply OF webb's Cam.
phine oil and Lamps. is now ready 10 furnish the
citizens of Wheeling. with the best light in all re-
sPecis 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 water
street a lew doors above the stage office, where
the hight may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. Is. +. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
Mr.. GAY. Agent for 4. '. H. We56. Of Men York.
Having called on me for my opinion with regard
20 tho use OF Camphine. for the purposes Of artificial
illumination, | have. ancr examining the subject.
embodied the following Information.
l. Nafars Of Cdmphise. Camphine is a proximaie
vegetable principle, discovered some years since,
by Dumas. of Paris. IL is mostly procured from
spirits OF Turpcniinc, and is in fact "a very pure
essence ~ Turpentine." II is capable of combining
with Other substances. aud ofbeing separated again
from them without being changed in its qualities.
IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether. a
permanent and distinct nature as n chymical sub.
stance. Ii is coloiless, limFid. moderately volatile
and combushble. in the same manner as spirits of
Turpeniine, but II Is not explosive. Camphor diff.
cs ironCamphinc only in containing oxygene, hencs
the name Of Camphine. OF basis of Camphor.
III Economical Hseof CampAinc for he purposes
q illumination. My opiuiUn ia favor OF the use Of
'lNAAf aA AAatNt III iuliN fApEtN>0d IN INV leG-
lures last winter, and ! sec no cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend II, are rs fellows;
= l. 1t can be furnished in abundance. and al a
e moderate price.
? ,. 1t affords a light more brilliant than any other
j substance hitherto proposed for common use.
d :. IL Is safe, IN no way explosive. drops no FIRE
o from the wick, and leaves no fire upon il.
4 II rs clcanly. leaves no grease marks, and il
spilled on clothes or furniture, cvaporaIes entirely
a like Alcohol.
st ). II endurcs any natural degree Of cold without
becoming IN the least cungealed.
e. The lamps once in order. need no smiling
Il or raising OF the wick, hut merely require to be
g kept clean, and to be filed as often rs they burr
10 themselves empty.
Remark. The CamYhine by exposure to the air
may; after some months keeping, become n lirlI
deteriorated, and begin to form a black crust OF
the wick. The article under these circumstance
is not spoiled, but only requires re-dislillaIion by
the manufactures, TO be as perfect as at first.
Ill. Experiments 10 determine he conpdra,ir
economy Of CampAiHe and Sperm oil for dilemma
ton.
AVgHH27, 1910. Having filed a Fountain Ar
gand Lamp with a measured quantity of The bs
Sperm OIL and one of Wcbb's Patent Camphint
Lamps. with a measured quantity of Webb's Cam
phine; | lighted them simultaneously, and measure,
The quantity Of light afforded by each every iwenr
minutes. for two hours, and finally measuring III
residual quantity OF Oil and Camphine, determine,
the quantity OF each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion Of each substance neccs
sary TO afford an equal light. The result, was, lha
40 paris of Camphine were equal in illuminaiin
a, power To 100 paris Of Oil, by measure. Allowin
both substances TO be of equal price by the gallon
=; there would be q saving OF more than one.half d
81 using the CamphiHe. Some idea Of the superb
brillnncy of lhc light from the CaInphine may b
- formed from the fact That in the above experiment
- although the diameter Of the two flames was n,
:, very different, the one being sevcn-eightLs and On
= other nine-eighths Of an inch; yet the light from u
OIL was 10 that from The CaInphine only as 3 to IC
the Camphinc giving I2ore than three Times as muc
IghI as u OIL.
y ". Pectl,arites ia he combustion Of CanpAias
W. Neb6S Patent Burners, DC. DC.
When Camphine is burned il the uumodifed opcl
/, ali, II consumes with much black smoke, like spiri!
> OF Turpentine, bet with n Thin flame aud II curreu
OF ar alta certain velocity. moi a particle Of smok
~ appears The construction Of the Camphine Lam
b, Tor It's ol ject the above conditions.
Mr.. Gay has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Pa
ent C%amphine Burners, with n "circular wick" be
% tween two "conical" conceutrick plates. which
cicguni IG form, and answers the purposes Of smoke
less combustion completely. Mr.. Cay hos also show
me o sample of. the Camphinc, manufactured byAI
Webt Of New York, according to his patent me
ihod. % seems to me TO have all Of the ~propeuie
OF the CamphIne Of Dumas and afforded a very ~
peror light. as appears from The foregoing ezper
ment.
: The use Of Campfire for The purposes Of illumt
nation is not n new project, but has the experience
oi some years 10 rccommen u. and so far, I believe
! II has gives general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio, August %, 1910.
The article "a prepared by NJ. Dumas, wa
mndc in the Laboratory without reference 10 cost, ab
solutelJ pure-oct s-G