Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-06

lGHT.-The Wheeling Camphine Company
having received a supply OF Wobb's Cam
phine oil and Lamps. is now ready TO furnish tho
e''izens OF Wheeling. with the best light in all re-
sPee's which has ever been offered to the public.
Annexed is the result Of the ANALYSIS of the Cam
phine Oil and tho opinion OF Professor Locke of
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. as to the
superiority Ot the article for light
u Store oil tho Camphine Company Is on water
street a lew doors above tho stage Office. where
u'e nsh' may De seen nightly. Sales are for cash
oniy. ht SANBoRNE. Principal Agent.
MIR. GAY AgeHtJor A. v. H. WEBB, Of Ne,s York.
Having called ON me Cor nv opinion Win rcrard
TO tho use OF Camphine. for the purposes Of artificial
illumination 4 have. after examining ihe .ubiect
embodied the following Information.
T. Nature Of CGRlPAine. Camphine is n pro,in,,.
'eBr'oo'o pnnciple. discovered some wears since.
" dumas, OF Paris. IL Is mostly procured from
spir's OF Turpcntine. and IS in fact "a yor, 80.
essence OF Turpentine." IL is cnnoble q, Co.
with Other substances, aud ofbeing separnteJ or,in
from them without being changed in its ouol,,,es
IL Inns therefore, like pure Alcohol and Etbsr !,
permanent and distinct nature as a chymical sub.
stance. TITS co'oilcss, limpid. moderately volatile
aud combuslble. in the same manner a. spirits of
Turpeniine. but il is not explosive. Camphor diff
ors irOECamPhine only in containing oxygrne. hence
tho name of Camphine. OF basis of Canphor.
IL Economical Hssof Cdnphihe for he purposes
q WuntU'Gt'on. My opinion in favor Of the use of
Sainphino for lights. was fully expressed in my lee.
lures last winter, and I see no cause for changing
'ha' opinion The circumstances which RECON-.
mend II. are as follows:
l. IL can be furnished in abundance and ~ 4.
moderate price.
:. IL affords n light moro brilliant than INV other
substance hitherto proposed fer common use,
. IL Is sale, IN no way explosive. drops no fire
from The wick. aud leaves no tire upon It.
a IL ~ Clearly. leaves no grease marks. and il
spilled on clothes or furniture. evaporates entirely.
like Alcohol.
. IL erdures any natural degree of cold without
becoming IN the least cOngealed.
q. The lamps once ia order. need no snuning
or raising Of the wick, but merely require 10 he
Kept clean, and To be filed as often as they burn
themselves empty.
Remark. The CamFhine 10y exposure TO the air
may; alter some months Keeping. become a liule
dcIeuoraied, and begin 10 form n black crust or
The wick. The article under these Circumstance,
Is not spoiled, but only requires Redistribution by
the manufacturer. To bc a. perfect as at first.
III. Experiments 10 determine The comparafirt
economy u CanphiHe aud Sperm OIL for iHsnlina
G0H.
August %. 1910. Having filed n Fountain Ar
sand Lamp with n measured quantity of the besI
sperm OI aud one of Webb's Patent Camphint
Lamps, with a measured quantity of W.bb's Can,
plhnei lighted Them simultaneously and measured
mo quantity OF light afforded by each every twenty
minutes. Tor two hours, and finally measuring the
residual quantity of Oil and Camphine, determined
the quantity Of each consumed From these data
calculated the proportion of each substance ncces.
sary 10 afford an equal light. The result. was, tina,
10 paris of Camphiuc were equal in illuminating
power TO 100 parts Of Oil. by measure. Alloyins
nnih Substances 10 be of equal prIce by the gnllon
mere would be a saving OF more than one.half nv
using the Camphine. Some idea of the super
or'iiancy OF The light from the Camphine may be
'orned from the fact that in the above experiment
although the diameter of the two flames was n,,
very different, the one being seven-eirhihs and the
other nine-eighIhs of an inch; vet the light from The
Oh was to that from the CnInphine only as 3 10 10.
The C~amphine giving moro Than three times as much
light ms TIE OIL.
~. PceHLdrifies IN The combustion Of Camphine;
Va WeJb's Patent Burners, DC. SC.
When Camphine 10 burned ia the unmodifod open
ar. II consumes with mich black smoke. like spirits
Of Turpentine. but with a Thin flame and a currenr
"i AR alta certain velocity. not "a particle Of smoke
"ppcurs. Tho construction Of the Camphine Lamn
Tor iiS object tho above conditions.
MI. Gay has shown me one Of Mr. WeLb's Pat.
eht ~IamPhine Burners. with a "circular wick. " be.
tween TWO "conicaI' concentrick plates, which is
elegant IN form. and answers the purposes Of smoke.
less combustion completely. Mr.. Gay has also shown
me a sample Of The Camphine. manufactured bvNIr
webb OF New York, according To his patent me.
mos " seems 10 me 10 have all of the properties
Of The Camping of Dumas and afforded n very su.
peror light rs appears from Tho foregoing expert.
ment.
The use Of CamPhiDe for the purposes Of rllumi.
nation u not n new project. but has The experience
OF some years 10 recommend II. and 30 far, / believe.
1t has given geReral satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of OHIO, August 2S. 1910.
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The article IA prepared by NJ. Dumns. wns
made IN The lahorulory without reference 10 cost.'a 10.
soluiely ure-Oct S-ic