Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-09-11

IGlTT-Tho Wheeling Camphne Company |
having received n supply OF Webb's Cam
phine oil and Lamps, is now ready TO furnish the
citizens of Wheeling. with the best light in all re-
spccts which has ever been offered 10 the public.
Annexed is the result of the analysis of the Cam.
phine OIL aud the opinion OF Professor Locke of
| the Ohio Medical College al Cincinnati. as TO the
superiority Vi the article Tor light.
The Store Of tho Camphine Company is on water
street, n lew doors above The stage Office, where
the Ugh, may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. B.F. SANBoRNE. Principal Agent.
Ma. GAY, Agent for A. v. H. Weld. of Neu York,
Having called on inc Er my opinion with regard
TO The use oil Carnphine, FOR the purposes OF artificial
embodied the following information:
]. Ndtane Of CamPhine. C~amphino is a pro Simate
vegetable principle, discovered some years since,
10y Dumas, of Paris. IL is mostly procured from
fl spirits OF Turpentinc. and is in fact "a very pure
esscu'e OF Turpentine." IL is capable OF combining
with other substances. and ofbeing separated again
E from them without being changed in its qualities.
& IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether. n
{ permanent and distinct nature as n chymical sub.
stance. u Is coloiess, limpid, moderately volatile
aud combustible. in the same manner rs spirits Of
Turpeniine, but II is not explosive. Camphor diff
y cs irunC amphine only in containing oxyrene. hence
, the namo Of Camphinc, OF basis of Camphor.
IL Economicdt UScof Cdmphine for The purposes
81 illumination. My opinion in favor Of The use Of
~Camphine for lights, was fully expressed in my lee
'uitS NNnltf. TIT ] see no cause tOr changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend IL, are as follows:
1. IL can DO furnished in abundance. and at q
moderate price.
IL :. IL affords a light more brilliant than my other
nc substance hitherto proposed for commun use.
IN D. IL Is safe IN no way explosive, drops no fire
~ from the wick, and leaves no Ere upon IT,
I'd a IL Is clennly. leaves no grease marks, nnd il
tn spilled on clothes or furniture, cyaporaies entirely,
~ like Alcohol.
isl ,. IL endures any natural degree Of cold without
lr. becoming IN the least cOngealed.
is q. The lamps once in order, need no snufline
N, or raising Of the wick, but merely require To be
Of kept clean, and to be- filed as often as they burn
D. themselves empty.
To Remark. The Camshine by exposure TO the air
al may; after some months keeping, become n liule
he deieriorated, and begin TO form a black crust on
ng the wick. The article under these circumstance.
Is not spoiled, but only requires redistillaiion by
re the manufacturer, 10 be asperfcct rs at first.
sc iii. Experiments 10 determine The comparable,
We economy u CaHPhine aud Sperm OIL for iHsminG
nd tion.
ais AEgHS27. 1910. Having filled a Fountain Ar
lT- Sand Lamp with n measured quantity Of the best
nd Sperm Oil and one of Webb's Patent Camphine
Lamps. with a measured quantity Of Webb's Cam
M plrine; l lighted them simultaneously, and measured
on tho quantity of light afforded by each every twenty
er, minutes. for two hours, and finally measuring thC
e. residual quantity Of Oil and Camphinc, determined
The quantity Of each consumed. From these data
~ calculated Tie proportion OF each substance neccs
ge snry 10 afford an equal light. The result, was, thai
pt. 10 parts Of Camphino were equal in illuminating
10 power 10 100 paris Of Oil, by measure. Allowing
a both substances To be Of equal price by the gallon
nd there would be a saving Of more than Onehalr by
using The Camphine. Some idea OF tho superior
mt hriliancy Of the light from the Camphine NAV be
la formed from the fact tIat in the above experiment
fO although the diameter Of the two flames vas mol
ID. very different, The one being seyen-eighths and thc
&c other nine-eighths Of an inch; yet The light from the
ne OIL was To that from the Camphine only as 3 To 10,
or the C%amphine giving more Than three Times as much
ol light as The Oil.
ID ". PocuLariiies an The combustion of CaupLiue:
W. WeJOs Patent Burners, &c. &c.
ln When Camphinc is burned ia The unmodifedo open
ar, II consumes with much black smoke, like spirits
oil Turpentine, but with n Thin flame aud "a current
oi AIR alta certain velocity. mol Il particle Of smoke
appears The construction of the Camphine Lamp
Tor it's ol ject the above conditions.
MIR. Gay has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Pat.
r. ent CamPhine Burners, with u "circular wick" be.
tween two "eonical' cOncentrick plates. which !,
elegant in form. and answers The purposes of smoke
less combustion completely. Mr.. Gay has also shown
me o sample OF the Camphine, manufactured byAIr
oil Webt oil New York. according TO his patent me.
ihOd. u seems 10 me 10 have all Of the properties
oil the CamphIne Of Dumas and afforded q very "a.
pcrior light, at appears from tho foregoing expert.
ment.
The use Of CamPhine for the purposes Of iIlumi-
b. hniion Is not a new project. but has the experience
ID some years 10 recommend u. and 50 far. I believe.
D h' given general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College of OHIO, August %. 1910.
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. The article rs prepared by NJ. Dumas, was
made in the laboratory without reference 10 cost nh.
soluiely pure-oci S-iE