Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-04-06

lGiIT-Thc Wheeling Csmphine Company
Is having received a supply oi E.obb.s Cnrnnbfn. !
cll and Lamps. j. now ready % furnish the citizens of
Wheeling. with the best lisht ia all respects " hich hes
ever been Erred to the puLic.
Annexed Is the result Of tho ann!ysis of the Cainphine
Oil aud the opinioa of Pr.a ssor Locke of the Ohio
Medical College at Cincinnati, as to the superiority (
The article fr light. (,
The Store OF tho Comphine Company is on water
street. few doors above the stage Office. wkere the
light may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash only.
Il. .. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
Mr.. GAY, agent for A. y H. wei. Of New fOrk. |
Having called on me for my opinion with rrgatd
the use oi Camphinc. for the purposes of artificial iliu
mina,iOn. I have. after examining the subject. embOd
led tho iuiloAinc iniornairns
J. Neiarc Of CGmpiine. Camphine is \ prosimaie
vegetable principle. discovered some years since, by
Dumas. OF PARIS. lis mostly lrocurcd from spirisoi
TuTpcntnc. and Is IA fact "a very pure essence 81
Turpeniinc." II il capable OF combining With oihei
substances. uud 81 being separated again from them
without being changed IN ia qualities. IL las there
fore. like pure Alcohol and Eihsr. a permanent end
distinct nature A. a chymical substance. II Is color
l. -. limpid, moderately volatile aud comhusublc. in
5 'he same manner as spirits ct Turpeniinc. bat 1t Is not
explosive. Camphor differs frugi CaInphine only in
containing oNygenc. hence the name oi CaInphIne, oI
basis of Campaur.
; II Ecoaooutvi vseef Con2lias for he purposes 81
y Uam'tcton. Ny opinion in favor OF the use oi Cam
o phiue tor lights, VAS fully expressed in INV lectures last
winter. and see no cause Tor changing that opinion
The circumstances which recommend it, are as fol
: lows:
/. II can 10 furnished in abundance. and at a mod
Il eraic price.
>. II aG,rls n Ugh, more brilliant than any other
substance hitherto proposed Tor cornm'n usr.
e 3. Il = safe. IN ~ way explosive. drops no Ere from
the wtck. aud leaves ns fire upon IL.
4 II j. clcSu!y. leaves uo grease marks. and If spill
ed on clothes or furniture. crnIon'es entirely. like
=, Alc,h"L.
). 1t cndurcs any natural degree Of cold Without be.
ir coming IN tke least cungcnlcd.
ny * ri, 1,r,,a .mr, 80, ,rl,r p,,I IN, s,tNH.pr al
raising OF the wick, but merely require to 10 Kept
lean. and to be filled a. often a. they burn lhemsclvc'
empty.
~ R,nra.k. The Cam,hine by exposure to tho air
. mny after sonc months keeping, bec"mc n luie de
n perforated. and hc-iu 10 form a black crust on Ihc
wick. The article under these circumstances Is moi
slniled, hut only requires re-di,til!alipn by the manu-
hriurcr. 10 he u perfect ~ at fr-t.
III. E4pcriB cats Ia 1eicrlniue ne cOBIpGra'rc ecoRo
c my n CaDyAins and Sperm Oator Inflammation.
be AsguSi %. 1910. Having filed a Fountain Argant
= Lamp with a measured quantity of Ihe best Sperm OIL
md one of Wrbb's Patent Caunphiuc Lamps, with
measured quantity of We!bs Caiapline; lighted then
simultaneously. and measured Inc quantity of light at
nu iOrdcd by each every twenty minutes. for two ours
and finally measuring the residual quantity OF Oil ant
80, C%amIhine, determined The quantity OF each consumed
From these data | calculated the proportion Of cacl
Is substance necessary to Afford an c Iual light. The re-
Sc suit. was, that 10 paris Of Camrh.ne were equal in Il
Illuminating power TO 100 parts OF Oil. 10y measure
n Allowing both substances to be Of equal prrce 10y Ihc
Le gallon, There would be a saving al more than Onc-ha.
is. ~ using The Cnmphinc. some idea of the superb
nd brilliantly ol the light from the Camphine mny bc form
cd fum the fact that in The above experiment %alIhuugl
NC the diameter of the two flames WAS mol very different
All thc enc being sevcu-eighths and the other ninc-eighIll
of an inch; yet the light from the OIL was To That iron
ny the C~amphine only a 3 To 10. the Cumphinc giyin;
Eorc ilsh Ihrcc lines rs much light as q! e OIL.
~. Pecd'G~iTeS IA hc combustion Of C~0BPhinei w.
WIS Facnt Burners. Sc. &c.
When C~aInphine Is burned III the unmodiGed opcI
10 ali, a consumes with mach black smoke, Like spirits o
n Turpcutinc, but with a Thin flame and u current Of ri
~ 7ia certain velocity, not a particle Of smoke appears
The construction of The Camphine Lamp has for its Of
Ject the above conditions.
MIR. Cav has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Paicn
y ICamrhIne Burners, with a circular wick" bclwcoI
I'VE "cuU!CUl couceutr!Ck plates. which Is elegant IL
form. aEd answers The purposes of -moSeless com
businn completely. Mr.. Gay has also shown me
L. Of New DCik. according To his patent method. I
seems {" me Ia have all OF the properties Of The Cam
&c phIne of Dumas aml afforded a very superior light, al
Il appears from tho foregoing experiment..
n The use of Campfire for the purrescs Of illumina
IN lion u. not . now project, bat has Inc experiences q
some years 10 recommend II. and so far. believe. II la
e, given general satis.arliCs.
' JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio. August %, 1910.
ID a The article as prepared by NJ. Dumas, was made
! IN The Laboratory without reference 10 cost, absolutely
pure -oct s-tf