Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-20

b IGllf.-Tho Wheeling Camphno Company
II having received a supply OF webb's Cam
Phine oil and Lamps. Is ready 10 furnish the
citizens al Wheeling. with the best light Ia all
sPccts which has ever been offered 10 the public
Annexed Is the result of tho ANALYSIS of the Cam
ph'ne OIL and the opinion of Professor Locke of
'he Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati as To the /
superiority Oi the article for light
lhe Store OF the Camphne Company il on water !
S"'T" Jew doors above tho siago Office. where |
IN" hSht may DC seen nightly. Sales are for cash |
only. Il. T. SANBORNE. Prncipal Agent
MR. CAY, Agent for A. v n IV,B6 of N,,, l-o,k
Having called on the Tor my opinion with regard
10 s use OF Camphine, for the purposes Of ariit nl
illumination ] have, after examining III. subi,c,
embedded the following Information.
]. Nature Of CdRphiHe Camphine IL , mn, ,;,,,,
vegetable principle, discovered some vears since
\ by Dumas, of Paris. IL i mostly procured from,
spirits ID TurpcutiEc, and j. IN fact "a very purs
essence ~ Turpeurne. II l. capable of cou,bininc
with Other substances. aud of being separated again
irou them without being changed IN its quaIitics
| II has therefore, like pure Alcohol and EIhsr n
permanent and distinct nature rs n chymical sub
stance. Il is cololcss, limpid moderately volatile
aud oombustible. in the same manner as spirits of
| Iurpeniine but II Is not explosive. Cainphor did
crs ironCainphne only IA containing ONygene, hence
the maine of Camphine, basis of Camphor
IL EoonoHioai Hscof Camphiae for IRE purposes
Of illumination. My opinion in favor Of the use Of
lures last winter. and see cause for changing
That opinion The circumstances which RECON-
mend It, fullows:
/. IL can be furnished in abundance. and at a
, moderate price
= II affords light more brilliant than any other
substance hitherto proposed for common use
- IL Is Safe IN no way explosive drops no fire
D from the wick, and leaves no fire unon H.
a IL Is cieanly. leaves grease marks. and il
spilled on clothes or furniture. evuporaies entirely.
a like Alcohol.
i D II endures any natural degree Of cold without
:, becoming IN the least cungcaled
Il u. lhe lamps once IN order, need snuflng
4 or raising OF the wick. but merely require 10 be
g Kept clean and To be filled often as they burn
o themselves empty
e Remark. The Camphine by exposure to the air
d may; after some months keeping, become a liule
deierioratcd. aud begin 10 form black crust on
the wick. The article under these circumstance,
is not spoiled but only requires rehabilitation b,
The manufactures, 10 he asperiect as at first
III. Experiments 10 determine The coB.Baralir,
economy Of CamPhiHe and Sperm OIL for HSuuinq
ton.
August p, 1910 Having filled a Fountain Ar
gand Lamp with a measured quantity of the hes
Sperm Oil and one of Wcbbs Patent CamphinC
Lamps, with a measured quantity of Webb's Cam
phine; lighted them simultaneously. aud measure,
the quantity OF light afforded by each every tweni,
minutes. for two hours. and finally measuring ia,
residual quantity of OIL and Camphne, determine,
3 the quaniiiy of each consumed From these data
calculated The proportion of each substance neces
sary To afford equal light. The result was tina
ID parts of Camphinr were equal in lluminatin,
power 10 100 parts Of OIL 10y measure. Allowin,
on'h substances Ia be OF equal prCe 10y the gallon
l. there would be saving of more than onehaIf n,
n using the Camphine. Some idea of the superio
hriiIiancy OF the light from the Camphine may b,
formed from the fact that in the above experimen
diameter % ne tNNp
very different the one beag sevcn-eIghthS and IN,
other nneeghihs Of inch; vet the light from IN,
$ Oh was 10 that from the Camphinc only rs 3 10 10
the Cumphne giving more Than three Times as much
n light ms u e OIL.
~. Pocui'Grities IA the combustion of Ca1apAine
!. Va WeJGs Patent Burners DC. &c
When CumphIne is burned ia Ihe unmodiled opcr
y an, II consumes with mach black smoke like spirit
OF Turpentinc, but with Thin flame and curren
Z" ar ara certain velocity. not particle of smoke
!" appears The construction Of The Camphne Lam
D. far ITS oil JeCt the above conditions
Mr.. Gay has shown me one of Mr. Wehb's Pat
ent Camphine Burners, with circular wick" be
q tween two "concal' concenlrick plates, which il
elegant IN form, and The purposes Of smoke
less combustion completely. Mr. Gay has also shown
; uIc sample Of The Camphne. manufactured byNIr
Nebt OF New York, according to his patent me
ih"d. q S""ms To me 10 have all of the propcrfie,
al the CamphH.s Of Dumas and afforded very su
Pcrior light, ns appears from the foregoing expert
meuf
The Of Campfire for the purposes Of ,Ilumi
nation Is not new project, but has The experience
cd some years 10 recommend IT, and so far believe
: 1t ha' given general satisfaction
: JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio, August %. 1910
The ariicio rs prepared 10y NJ. Dumas was
made in the laboratory without reference 10 cost ah
| sOutely pure.-Oct S-tf