Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-09-21

IGliT.-Ihe wheeling CamphIne Company
A having received q supply Of webb's Cam
phine oil and Lamps. il now ready TO furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling. with the best light in all re-
specis " hch has ever been offered to the public
Annexed is the result Of the analysis Of the Com-
phne Oil and the opinion Of Professor Locke Of
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, as to the /
superiority VI the article for light.
The Store Of the Camphine Company il on water /
street, few doors above the stage office, where /
the light may be seen nightly Sales are for cash |
only Il. =. SANBORNE. Principal Agent
Mn. GAY, Agent for A. " n. Webb. Of Ne,e York.
! Having called ON me for my opinion with regard
TO the use OF Camphne. for the purposes Of artit al
illumination, have. after examining the subject
embodied the following information:
Il j. Nature ~ CdHphiRc. Camphine is n pro ximaie
vegetable principle, discovered some years since
10y Dumas. of Paris. IL is mostly procured from
spirits OF Turpeniinc. and is in fact "a very pure
essen, OF Turpeniine. IL is capable Ol combining
with olheI substances and of being separated again
from them without being changed n its qualities.
: IL has therefore. like pure Alcohol and Ether.
E permanent and distinct nature n chymical sub.
stance. II is coloIess. limpid moderately volatile
aud combusiIble. in the same manner spirits OF
d Turpeniine, but IL is explosive. Camphor diff,
crs ironCamphine only in containing oSygene, hence
the name oi Camphne. basis of Camphor
III Economical useof Cdnphine for the purposes
O Of illumination. My opinion in favor Of the Of
y Camphine iorlighis was fully expressed in my lee
&c lures last winter. and see for changing
,; that opinion The circumstances which recon-
!, mend a., are follows:
a l. IL can be furnished in abundance and OF
N moderate price.
G 2. II affords light brilliant than any other
:, substance hitherto proposed for common use
- 5. IL is safe. IN no way explosive, drops fire
m from the wick, and leaves no fire upon il.
rs 4 IL is clcanly. leaves grease marks. and il
r. spilled clothes furniture cvap0raies entirely
f. like Alcohol.
ef 5. II endures any natural degree Of cold without
a. becoming ia the least congealed.
no 6. The lamps in order. need snufiing
We or raising of the wick. but merely require To be
OF kept clean and 10 bo filled often they burn
by themselves empty.
, Remark. The Camphine by exposure 10 the air
~ may; after some months keeping, become n lille
n deieriorated, and begin 10 form black crust OF
the wick. The article under these circumstance
at Is moi spoiled, but only requires Redistribution by
81 the manufacturer, TO be perfect at first.
ne ILL., Experiments 10 determine the comparative
!, economy Of CamphiRe and Sperm OIL for Msmina
Sc hoH.
August %, 1910. Having filed q Fountain Ar
zee gand Lamp with measured quantity Of the hes
all Sperm Oil and one of Webb's Patent Camphn,
Lamps, with measured quantity of Webb, Cam
ily pilne; lighted them simultaneously, and
IN the quantity Of light afforded by each every twenty
we ninuies for two hours, and finally measuring th
"a residual quantity Of Oil and Camphne, determine,
N
- calculated the proportion of each substance neces
TO- sary 10 afford equal light The result was, tina
NJ. Is parts of Camphine equal in illuminating
raj power To 100 parts of Oil, by measure. ALLOWING
both substances 10 be Of equal price by the gallon
~ there would be saving Of more than One-half %
.c using the Camphine. Some idea Of the superio
,of brancy Of the light from the Camphine may b
10 formed from the fact that in the above experiment
- although the diameter of the two flames was no
very different the one being seveneighIhs nnd III
~, other nineeighhs of inch; yet the light from IN
NJ Oil wns 10 thai from the Camphne only as 3 To IL
vn The Camphine giving than three times as muc
CT light as tie OIL.
~. PecUi'arities in he combustion of C'amphias
- W. VIEWS Patent Burners &c. DC.
he When Camphine is burned ia the unmodifed opci
air. II consumes with much black smoke like spirit
nd Of Turpcniine, bot with thin flame and u curre1
oil oi ar al certain velocity. particle of smok
Is, appears The construction of the Camphine Lam
oi for lis oil ject the above conditions.
Mr. Gay has shown me Of Mr. Wehls Pat
eni Camphne Burners, with a "circular wick" be
tween Ryo "conical" concenirck plates, which
elegant IN form, and answers The purposes Of smoke
less combustion completely. MIR. Gay has also show
ey ue sample OF the Camphine, manufactured by MI
as Webt Of New York, according 60 his patent me
sc thOd. q TO me To have all of the propeue
al oil The Camphine Of Dumas and afforded a very 81
~ peror light, m appears from the foregoing experi
~ menr.
The use Of Campfire for the purposes Of Illumi
haIon Is not new project, but has the eXperenc,
VI some years to recommend II, aud far believe
= IT has given general satisfaction.
y JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College of Ohio, August %, 1910.
n The article prepared by NJ Dumas, wal
e made in the laboratory without reference 10 cost alb
- solutely pure.-oct S-tE