Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-02

n IGHT-The Wheeling Camphine Company
A having received a supply OF Webbs Cam
| phInc oh and LAMPS. is ready 10 furnish the
citizens of Wheeling. with the best light in all re-
spects 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, us TO the
superiority oi the article for light.
! The Store of the Camphine Company is on water
street. few doors above the stage Office, where
the light may be seen nightly Sales are for cash
only Il. I. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
Ma GAY, Agent for 4. " H. WcJb Of Nes York. |
Having called for my opinion with regard !
the Of Camphinc for the purposes OF artificial
illumination, | have, after examining the subject
erubUlied the following information
5 !. Nature Of CdHpLiHs Camphine is prosimaie
g vegetable principle, discovered sumo years since,
= by Dumas, of Paris. II Is mostly procured from
spirits OF Turpcniinc, and is IN fact "a very pure
y esson6e OF Turpen;ine." II is capable OF combining
10 with Other substances and of being separated again
"a from them without being changed in its qualities
n IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether,
re permanent and distinct nature a ehymical sub
stance. IL Is cOlotoss lmPd, moderately volatile
y and combusrhle. IN the same manner spirits of
nj Turpcniino. but it is explosive. Camphor diff.
c. lroEICamphine only in containing oNygene hence
IN the name OF Csmphine. OF basis Of Camphor.
10 ii. Economioai uscof CaaphiRe for The purposes
IN 81 illumination. My opinion IN favor Of the use OF
lie lures last winter. and SEQ no cause for changing
n TINT opinion The circumstances which recon-
~ mend II, are follows;
,s' i. 1t can be furnished in abundance and At a
ch moderate price.
&c =. II affords q light more brilliant than any other
=, substance hitherto proposed for common use.
~ 5. IL IS safe in no way explosive, drops no fire
;,L from the wick, aud leaves fire upon il.
os L. II is cieanly leaves no grease marks, md j
or spilled ON clothes furniture evuporates entirely
iE like Alcohol.
ei >. Ii endures any natural degree OF cold wiihou
"a, becoming IA the least cungealed.
,Le q. The lamps IN order. need no snuiiinl
i've or rasing OF tho wick but merely require TO b
of kept clean, and TO be SLED often they burr
by themselves empty.
=. Remark. The CamFhine 10y exposure To the aii
'S may; after some honihs keeping, become q liiil
en- decriouted and begin 10 form n black crust q
the wick. The article under these circumstance
lat Is not spoiled, but only requires Redistribution b
81 tho manufacturer, to be perfect as at first.
.hhe Ill. Experiments determine The comparable
il economy Of CamphiHe and Sperm OIL for WsHliIic
/. August27 1910 Having filed Fountain A
ace gand Lamp with measured quantity Of the be-
all Sperm Oil and of Webb's Patent Camphn
Lamps. with a measured quantity Of Webb's Can
,iIv phine lighted them simultaneously and measure
ON the quantity of light afforded by each every iweut
ave minutes, for two hours, and finally measuring h
"a residual quantity Of Oil and Camvhine determine
IN the quantity OF each consumed. From these data
- calculated the proportion Of each substance nece
80 sary 10 afford equal light. The result. was, ih
NJ IS paris Of Camphine were equal in illuminalir
,ra power 10 100 paris of OIL, by AlIowir
both substances 10 be of equal puco by the gallo
So there would be saving OF more than One-half
80, using the Camphine. Some idea Of the super
sIof brlilIancy Of the light from the Camphno may
to- formed from the fact tiat in the above eXpcTime
- although the diameter Of the two flames n
nee very different the being ven-eghths md q
other eighhs of inchi yet the light from u
I'M Oil was 10 that from The Camphine only rs to
vn the Cumphne giving zore than three times Us mu,
EEL ghsas tie Oil
". Pecsl,ariGes in he combustion of CaDlphin
~ VI Wells Patent Burners DC. &c
tb. When Camph:ne il burned uihe unmOdifcd opt
up all consumes with much black smoke. like spir
iHd Of TurpeHtne, bet with a Thin flame and u cure
oi air a, certain velocity. particle Of smoI
rs, appears. The construction Of the Cunphine Ian
81 Tor It's oil ject tho above conditions.
MIR. Gay has shown one Of Mr. Wcbb's Pa
emf Camphno Burners, with circular wick" b
tween two "conicu" concenirick plates. which
, elegant IN form, aud answers the purposes Of smok
less combustion completely. Mr. Gay has also show
rev uie sample Of the Camphne. manufactured byAl
as Webt of New York. according To his patent m
ose ihod. seems 10 10 have all Of the propcri,
ili Of the Clmphinn Of Dumas and afforded a very 81
no. peror light appears from tho foregoing eIper
&c nent.
- The use Of Campfire for the purposes Of rllum
at nation is not n project but has the exporenc
cal 81 some years 10 recommend and far below
. II has given general satisfaction.
w. JOHN LOCKE
Medical College Of Ohio. August %, 1910.
for The article rs prepared by NJ Dumas WI
zee made in the laboratory without reference to COST
ch soluteI, t,ure If