Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-04-24

IGTrT-Ths Wheeling Camphine Cnmpln,
having received "A supply oi Webbs Cam
phInc oil and Lamps. Is uow ready In furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling, with the best ,iSht ~ all re-
spoCls Which has ever been offered To The public.
Annexed Is the rcsul, OF The analys's of the Cam
pbine Gal and the opinioa Of Prrf,ssor Locke oi
the Ohio Medical College at cincinnati. n 10 thc
sup rioniy OF The article Tor light.
The sore OF the C~amphine Company Is n water
street. a few doors above he stage Office. wberc
tnr hight may be seen nightly. Sales ARE Tor cash
n"iy. Il. +. SANBORNE. Principal Agrn'.
AR. GsT. Agcnt for A. T. ~ WeJb. II Neur Iork,
Having called on me ior my opinion with regard
70 'he use "i anphine. lor the purposes ui att,GClal
illumination, ! have. ati,r examining the subject.
embodied the ,ulluwing inlomarion
J. NatIre If CoDPh,He. Camphiuc Is n prnsimuic
vegetable principle, discovered some y,ars since.
Toy Dumas, ct PARIS. IL Is mostly procurcd irtn
sp'rhsoi TuriSntinc. aud is ia fact "a very pur
esseu'e ot F1-pSnine." II il capahlcoi combining
win oilei substances, aud ofbeinC separated again
irun ihcn' wiihout being changed ia 49, qualities.
u ns therefore. like pure Alcohol aud Ether. a
permanent aud distinct nature rs q chvmicaI sub.
siince. Ia IL coioilcss. limjid. moderately volatile
aud combUstthle. ia the same manner as spirits ol
Turpcuune. bat il is not e,pLosivc. CnmIlur dill
crs I'oSlIaiapl'Ine only IN containing Nvr,uc. h,Ucc
she maine of Cnraphiuc. OF has,s ct Camplrur.
" EcoHoarai ssocf CampAiac for he ,,urpnS,S
81 WgmtEaf,oH, Ny opiniun ~ iavn7 al the usc oi
N'"t""' Wv fLiiN, WIS in'll oppressed tu nv lee
t"r's last winter. and ! see ne cause Tor changing
HAT opinion The circumstances which recon-.
mend ~, are as fellows:
l: It. ga" be furnished in Abundance. aud at a
modcraie prize.
:. IL affords a light more brilliant han auy other
substance hitherto proposed for common uss.
. u ~ safe. "a nn way explosive. drops uu fire
ironl the wick, and leaves nu Ere upon n.
j IL is cicanly. leaves no grease marks, aud Il
:, spilled ol cio'hes-or inmIiurc, cyapuraIUs entirely
like Aleoloi.
. b carlures amy natural degree Of cold virhou,
becoming n the least congvnl"d.
{ u. Tho lamps Ouce ia order. need no snunirl
or raising of the wick. hut merely rsuuirc q. o,
, kept clean, and To he filled as uieu a. they bun
. themselves empty.
2 Remark. The C~amfhiuc hy exposure Ia The ait
may; after somo months Keeping. become n lu!,
deieuorated, aud begin Ia form n black crust 81
ihe wick. The nrIcie under these circumstance
Is not SPOILED. but only requires rehabilitation d,
the manufacturers, 10 bc speTitct ~ NJ frsi
III. Experiments 10 dtierHiiHe Me cURtlGrgyiU
ee0''oHggf C~amPh"e u'i Sperm OF for W,miaa
lion.
Arg~~ u. 1910. Having filed a vnup.,in ~
lgand Lasp with a mousurvd quantity nf The hes
Sperm Oil and one of Wcbb's Patent Cunlh N
Lamps, with n measured quantity of Wcbb's Cam
plrinci | lighted them simultaneously and measure,
the quantity Of light afforded by each every twcur
minutes. for two hours, and finally measuring th
residual quantity of OIL aud Camihinc, determine,
she quantity OF each consumed. From these data
calculated the lr1ppFii"n a. each subsistence ncccs
sary to afford an equal light. The result, was, lha
b parts ct Camph!ne were equal ia rAuniuatiu
power To 100 parts ui OIL, by measure. Al.uwin
both substances Ia bc OF equal pr.cc hy the gallon
! there would be a saving al more than onc.half u
\ using the Cumphine. Some idea of The super:n
= brlIancy Of The light from the Camphiuc may b
4 formed from the fact that in the above experiment
2 although The diameicr 1T The TWO flames " A. uu
p very different, the one being sCyen-eIghIhs and ia
other nine -eiglIihs vt an inch; yet The light iium lh
on was 10 that from Iho C~amphiRo ouIy SIS 3 to- lC
the Camphine giving more than thTco LINES as muCl
n light as tie OIL.
". PeclLaciiIs IA Le combustion Of Caazlkiue
W. NoJCs Patent Barhers, Sc. DC.
When Camphins is burned ia the urmodifed opcl
y ar u consumes with much black smoke, like spirit
%! Tnrpeniine. bat with a hin flame and a currcr
oi aiI alta certain velocity. uo' a particle OF suIok
appears The construction Of lie CamphInC Lam
Tor lis Ol jcCi the above conditions.
Mr.. Gay has shown me one of Mr. Wrhl's Pat
eni CHmPhine Burner, with a "circular wick" be
tweer Two "conical' cnucenirick plates. which
elegant III form, and answers the purposes OF smoke
less combustion completely. Mr.. Gay has also show,
ue a sample Of The Camphine. manufactured by vi
Nebt oG New York, according 10 his patent me
itr"d. a seems To me In have all of the properIic
OF the Canphinc of Dumas and afnrdcd "a very "a
Peror light, "a appears from lhc foregoing cSporl
meut.
The u'e oG CImphire for the purposes Of Illum.
nution u not a now project. but has he c,prYirnc,
oi some years 10 recommend II. aud 50 FAR. ! believe
It ha' given general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCkE.
f Nod'cat College of Ohio. august -. 1910.
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The article rs prepared NV NJ. Dumas. vva,
made IN the laboratory without reference 10 c,,-t. ab
solutcly pure-oci ST
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