Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-18

IGHT-Ihe Wheeling Clnphine Company
4 having received a supply OF Webb's Cam
phIne OIL and Lamps. il now 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 tho analysis Of the Cam
phino Oil and the opinion OF Professor Locke Of
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. as to the
sip roriiy oi the article tor lighi.
The Store of tho Camphins, Company is on water
street. n low doors above tho stage office, where
me hsh' NAV be seen nightly. Sales arc for cash
o"Iy. Is !. SANBORNE. PRINCIPAL Agent.
An. Cav. Agent for A. J. n W,bL. 81 Ne. yo,k
Having called on me Tor ms opinion with regard
ip tho use oI CamphInc. for tho purroses OF artificial
illumination l have. a!tcr examining tho subject
embodied tho following information:
!. Nature Of CamgL,gc. Cumphinc is n pro,imo,c
vegetable principle, discovered some wear, since
10y Dumas, OF Paris. II j. mostly procur,I rom
spl1!soi TurponiiEc. and II in fact - very pur,
csssuCe OF TurpCutiuc." L. is Capahlc of cnr,bi.,;,c
with Other substances. aud orbeinr separated r,,in
irnm Them without being changed ia its qualities.
II has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether. n
permanent and distinct nature as a chymical sub.
stance. It's cc!oilcss, limpid. moderately volatile
and c'inhusiibIc. IN the same manner as spirits of
lurpeniue, but It Is not explosive. Camphor dill.
cs iToSlCainphino uuly ia containing oNvgene, hence
The name OF Camphine. OF basis of Campaor.
II Economical Tsccf Caa7kiae for te purposes
q HamtEaHoR. My opinion in favor of The use Of
Ioinrhine for lights. was fully expressed in INV lee.
tufes last winter. aud | see no cause for changing
That opinion The circumstances which recon-.
mend H., are rs follows:
/. II can be furnished in abundance. and a, a
moderate price.
:. II affords a light more brilliant Than any Other
substance hitherto proposed for common use.
y. II Is safe, IN no way explosive. drops no frc
from the wick, aud leaves no fire upon IL.
i IL IS c!Caniy, leaves no grease marks, and i
| smiled ON clothes al turUftpr. 49,. ..,,..1.
lIko Alcohol.
{ >. II endurcs any natural degree Of cold withou
becoming IA Ihe least cUnccaled.
1 Il. The lamps once la order. need no snuin!
or raising OF the wick. but merely require to b,
2 Kept clean, and 10 ho filed US often as they burr
, themselves empty.
e Remark. The CamFhine 10y exposure 10 the ali
2 may; oiicr some months keeping, become n luI
deicrioratcd. aud begin 10 form a black crust o
the wick. Tho article under these circumstance
Is not sTo,icd, but only requires Redistribution b
the manufacturer, 10 10 aspcrfrci as at first.
III. Experiments 10 determine hc comparable
economy q CamPbnc and Sperm OIL for uisniae
ton.
Augusta =. 1870. Having filled n Fountain Al
gand Lamp with n measured quantity Of he be.
Sperm OIL and one of Wchb's Patent Camphin
LAMPS with a measured quantity of Wcbb's Cam
phiuc; lighted them simulIanCuusIy and measure
the quantity Of light afforded bv each every twcnt
) Si'"'t-s Tor TWO nouns, ana bua!!E measuring To
residual quantity of OIL and Camphinc. determine
: the quantity Of each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion OF each substance necei
sary 10 afford an equal light. The result. vas, Ihr
ID parts Of CamphIn" were equal in I.luminatin
power 10 100 paris Of OF. by measure. Allowin
both substances TO he of equal prcc by the gallon
!. there would be n saving OF more than one.haIf a
h using the Camphjuc. Some idea Of The suncr;c
brIliianry OF the light from tho Camphinc NAV 4
formed from the fact that in The above cxpcnmcr
n although the diameter Of The TWO flames WIS n,
p very different. the one being scyeu-eighths md IA
Other nIne-cighths Of an inch; vet the light from IN
OIL was 10 that from the Camphine only rs 3 10 Il
lhe CaInghinc giving more than three Times as muc
- Igh; os nc OIL.
VI Nob6s Paicyt Burners, &c. &c.
When Camphine is burned ia Ihe uumodifed ope
~ All. II consumes with much black smoke. Like spiri
OF 'furpcutJnc. but with a thin fame md a currer
OF al: Cia certain velocity, not a particle Of smok
appears The construction nf he Camphinc Lam
Tor ats Object Iho above Condiuons.
Mr.. Gay has shown Inc one Of Mr. WeSb's Pa
ent C~amPh.ne Burners, with a "circuIar wick b,
tween Two "couicul' conceufrick plates. which
elegant M form, and answers the purposes Of smuk,
less cuH'bus:ion completely. Mr.. Cav has also show
ue . sample &c INC Camphine. manufactured byNI
! Wcbt OF Now York, according 10 h. patent m,
rh"S. 4 seems 10 me To have all Of the uroperi,
of the Camphine Of Dumas AID afforded a very :,
peror light. a; aPPoars from he foregoing exper
Weut.
The use Of Camphiro for the purposes Of illum
nation IL not a new prujcci, but has 'hs experience
Of some years 10 Ommen II, aud 30 far. ! bcliev,
II ha' given general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio, August %. 1870.
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Tho article rs prepared by NJ. Dumas. wa
made IN the laboratory without reference 10 cos,.at
spluicIy purc-1Ci S-iE