Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-11-11

n IGlIT-Tho Mhsshng Camphino Company
n having received n supply Oi Webbs Cam
phine oil and Lanps. is now ready 10 furnish The
citizens OF Wheeling. with the best light IN all re-
specIs which has ever been offered TO the public.
Annexed is the result Of the analysis Of the Cam
phine Oil and the opinion OF Professor Locke Of
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. as TO the
I superiority 81 the article for light.
The Store OF the Camphins Company is on water |
street, few doors above the stage office. where
| tho light may be seen nightly. Sales ara for cash /
only b. p. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
( Mr. GAY. Agent for A. v. H. We65 Of N,p York. !
! Having called ON ;,r my opinion with regard
20 the vt Camphine { .r tio purposes OF artificial
illumination, have. after examining the subject
embodied the following information:
II T. Na,sre Of CamPAias Camphino is proaimate
vegetable prucipie discovered somo years since
hy Dumas. of Paris IL is mostly procured from
spirits OF rurpcniinc. snd il in fact "a very pure
! essence OF Turpeniinr" II is capable Of combining
with other substances. md ofbeing separated again
! from them without being changed in It's qualities
: Il las therefore. like pure Alcohol and Ether.
c permanent and distinct a chymical sub.
; stance. II il colotess. limpid, moderately volatile
mud combusuble. in the same manner us spirits OF
4 Turpcntine. bit II is not explosive Camphor diff
ors fronCamphino only i'm containing oHygene. hence
n tho name of Camphnc. OF basis ~ Camphor
II Economical Hssef Camphine for ne purposes
n Of illumination. My opinion in favor of the use OF
v ComPhne iorlghis WINS fully expressed in my lee
n lures last winter. and cause for changing
!; that opinion The circumstances which recon-
!, mend u, are rs fellows:
= I. IL Gun be furnished in abundance anil AT n
n moderate price.
& 2. II affords light more brilliant Than any other
:, substance hitherto proposed for romrnon use
, 3. IL is safe, in no way explosive, drSs FIRE
d, from the wick, md leaves no FIRE upon it.
Is 4 IL is clennly leaves 100 grease marks, and i
spilled on clothes furniture. evapoies entirely
y like Alcohol
ei 5 u enlurcs any natural degree Of cold without
= becoming ~ the least Cvngrnled.
- g. The lamps once in order. need snufling
re raising Of tho wick, hat merely require To be
Of Kept clean, and To he filed unen they bun
~ themselves empty
Remark The CamShinc by eHposure 20 the air
"a NAV; after some 5nonhs keeping, bcrnme liul,
NJ dricrioraied. and begin to form black crust OF
ue wick. The article under ihesc circumstance
n not spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation 10y
81 tho manufacturer. TO DO asperieet at first
80 III. Experiments TO dStcTmiHe the coniyarafir,
!, ccoHomya If CamPhise ard Sperm OIL for WSniHa
So hoY.
August 81. 1870 Having filled Fountain Ar
&C eund Lamp with measured quantity ofibe bee
III Sperm Oil aud one of Webhs Patent Camphn'
lamps, with n measured qsaniiiy " Webb. Cam
Nv Phnc; lighted them simultaneously. and
lite quantity of light afforded by each every tweni,
w minutes. for iwu hours, and finally measuring th'
a residual quantity or oil and Camphnc, determine,
n the aunnliy OF each consumed. From these data
= calculated the proportion OF each substance neces
q s,ry To afford equal light. Tho result, was, ha
VI IS paris Of CamPhne wer0 equal in illuminating
al power 10 100 parts of Oil. 10y measure. Allowing
both substances 10 be Of equal price by the gallon
- there would be a saving of more Than one.haf b.
80 using the Cnmphine. Sumo idea Of the superb
of brilliancy OF the light from the Camphine may b
formed from the fact that in tho above eSpcrimsn
- although the diameter of the two flames WIS no
&c very different the one bciag seven-eighhs and th
~ other nine -eighihs Of inch vel the light from h
n, Oil was 10 that from the Camphino only To 10
~ The Camphne giving than three times mucl
e. liehI he OIL.
". Pccsl,aSiics ~ he es~bastion Of Camphinc
s. W. W,JJ's Patent Burners. Sc. Sc.
hs When CImphino is burned ia tLo BumOdifcd opel
D air, II consumes with much black smoke like spirit
Nd Of Turrosiine, bat with ,hiu fame aud cuTren
OF "i air al certain velocity a particle of smok
- appears The construction Of the Camphns Lam
=, for s oil jeci the above conditions.
Mr.. Gay has shown Of Dir Webb's PAT
ent CamphinO Burners. with circular wick" be
tween two "corical" conccuirick plates, which
elegant in form, aud ile purposes of smoke
= less combustion completely. Mr. Gay has also show
"a, tue sample of the CnmphnS. manufactured by Nj
rs Webb Of New York. according ta his patent INC
Sc ihOd. q seems 10 me 10 have oil Of the propeuo
nj OF the Camphinc Of Dumas and afforded very
a. pcHor light. a, appears from the foregoing eHper
~ HeHi.
The OF Campfire for the purposes Of Illum
I nation is not project. but has tho eIpOriene
al Of some years To recommend A. aud far believe
. II LAS given general satisfaction.
y JOHN LOCKE.
Medical CrHcgs Of Ohio. August %. 1910.
Or The article as prepared by NJ Dumas wa
81 made in the laboratory without references cost ali
u solutely pure-oct 8-tE
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