Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-03-30

IGUT-Tho Wheeling Camphins COMPANY
having received a supply Of webbs Camphin'
otl and Lamps. - now ready 10 furnish The elhze"s oil
Wheeling. with tho best light in all respects which Inns
ever been offered To the public. !
Annexed /. the result sf the npaly.~ Of the Camphins
OIL aud the opinioa Of Prf mr. Locke Of the ohio
Medical College At Cincinnati. a. 10 the superiority !
tho article for light. /
, The Store Of the CamphiHs Company . on water
street. few doors sbcss the stage office. where the
light may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash only.
h. .. sANBoRNE. Principal Agent
Mn. Car. Agent for A. v a. WEBB. If Ne,s forh,
Having called on me for my opinion with regard
the use OF Camphine. for The purposes u artificial lilo
minaiion. I have. after examining the subject. embod
led the following information;
D. Nature Of C~sRphine. Camphine 8 q prsfimai.
vegetable principle, discovered some years since. hy
Dumas, Of Paris. Iii. mostly procured from spirits Of
TurpeatiRs. and !. in fact "a very pure essence o.
Turpen,inc." IL is capable VI combining with other
substances. aud II being separated again from them
without being changed ia its qualities. II has there
fore. like pure Alcohol and Ether. n permanent and
distinct nature Ss a chymical substance. u is color
|, lcss. limpid, moderately volatile aud combusuble. in
; the same manner as spirits of TurpenIine. but II is not
5 explosive. CampLor differs iron Camphine only in
. containing sHygene, hence the name Of CaInphine. VI
basis Of Camphnr.
> II. Econonioal ussof CGmyhias for me purpssss Of
e illumination. NV opinion in favor of the use OF Cam
phine for lights. WIS fully expressed in my lectures last
winter. aud ! sve no cause for changing that opinion
The eiTcImstances "hleh recOmmeha H. - U'
lows;
1. II con b. furnisbedis abundance, and at q mod
{ crate price.
.. It affords a light more brillian, than any other
substance hitherto proposed for common use.
re- 3. IL is safe. in M way explosive. drops no fire from
the MEX. aud leaves nc fire upon u.
4 IL Is cleanly. leaves no grease marks. and il spill
ell ON clothes sr furniture, crnPOrate. entirely, like
~ Alcohol.
S. 1t endures any natural degree Of cold without be
ir coming in lie least cungsaled.
q. The lamp. once in order. need no s~nufing o.
raising Of the wick. hut merely require 10 he KEEP
clean. aud To be filled al Oilen ashley burn ihemselNc
:, empty.
We Remark. The Camshiue by exposure 10 The air
4 may; after rums months keeping. become a liule de
Perforated. and begin 10 form a black crust on Ih'
wick. The article under these circumstances 9 no
spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation by the manu-
laciurrr, 10 he n. perfect as at fret.
III. ErperineHfs 10 determine FAC comparative scono
C my II Camphine and Sperm Oa(Or Msminanon.
Augusta %. ls40. Having filled a Fountain Argan
:, Lamp with n measured quantity Of the beat Sperm o,
and one of Wcbb's Patent Camphine Lamps, with
measured quantity Of Webbs Cnmphine;I lighted IheI
simultaneously, and measured Tho quantity of light a
iorded by each every twenty minutes. for two lour
and finally measuring the residual quantity Of Oil an
Camphins, determined the quantity Of each consumed
From these data | calculated the proportion of eac
Us substance necessary TO afford an equal light. The r,
sc suit, Was, that As paris Of Camphine wers equal in .
Illuminating power 10 100 paris Of Oil, by measure
n. Allowing both substances TO be Of equal prIcc by IN
he gallon, there would be n saving of more than one ha
is ny using the Cnmphine. Some idea Of The superio
nj brIllIancy OF the light from The Camphine may lie iorn
- ed from the fact that in the above experiment althoug
:" the diameter OF the two flames wls not very dificrei,
The one beiag Seven-cighths and the oiher ine-eighlt
Du Of an inch; yet tho light from the Oil wns 10 that iror
ny the Csmphine only as 3 to 10. the Canphine givin
rore Ihsi three Times IN much light as lie OIL.
~. PocHharHes IA the cG-buSfon sJ CaHphine;
WeS's Patent burners. Sc. &c.
When C~smphine il burned ia The unmodifed ope
TO air. u consumes with mach black smoke, like spirits q
y. rurpentine. but with a thin flame aud a current of nj
v ais certain velocity. no, = particle of smoke appear
The construction Of The CampLins Laap ha, for lis ol
g Jeci the above conditions.
RI. MIR. Gay has shown me one OF Mr. Wesb's Pateu
Camphine Burners, with q circular wick" bei~ee
w. two 'conical' concenIrick plates, which 8 elegant i
M form. and answers Tho purpe-es of smokeless con
n busiion completely. Mr.. Guy has also shown me
lie sample of The Camphins. manufactured by Mr.. Web
seems TO me 10 have all Of the properties OF The Can
IL phine OF Dumas. and afforded a very superior lirhr, 4
Il, appears from the foregoing experiment.
h The Use of C~smphiCe for The purpcses OF rllumin,
On ton IL not = new project. but has The experience
some years TO recommend II. and 90 far. | believe. ~ la
:, given general saIsfscliol.
70" JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio. August %. 1910.
ch The article as prepared 10y NJ. Dumas, was mad
in the laboratory without reference TO cost. absoluiel
nc pure-pct s-tf