Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-21

IGHT-The Wheeling Csmphns Company /
having received a supply OF webb's Cam !
Ph'ne oil and Lamps, is now ready 10 furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling. with the best light in all re-
sPeels 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 ONO Medical College at Cincinnati, as TO the
4 superiority O the article for light
The Store OF the Camphne Company is on water
street. few doors above the stage Office where
tho light may be seen nightly Sales are for cash
only. Is =. SANBORNE. PRINCIPAL Agent
Ma. GAY, Agent for A. Y. H. Webb Of Ner York
Having called on me for my opinion with regard
10 the use OF Camphne. for the purposes OF arto a
illumination. have. after examining The .ubieet
embodied the following information:
! ]. Mature Of CGmPhins. Camphine is n prosimaic
. vegetable principle. discovered somo ycars since
by Dumas, Of Paris. IL is mostly procured from
spirits Of Turpentne. and is in fact "a very pure
essence 81 Turpentine." IL is capable Of combining
with other substances and ofbcng separated again
from them without being changed in It's qualities.
i IL has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Eihsr n
e permanent and distinct nature = n chymical sub
. stance. u 10 coloIless. limpd moderately volatile
, aud combusiIblo. i'm the manner as spirits Of
q Turpenine, but il is not explosive. Camphor diff.
ors fronCamPhne only in containing oxygens. hence
~ the name Of CamPhine. OF bnNs OF Camphor.
- II Economical useof CGa,phiae for me purpose,
to Of illumination. My opinion IN favor Of the uso o
~ Capphnc for lights, was fully expressed in my lee
ic lures last winter. and cause for chang ing
n; that opinion The circumstance which TecUm
~ y, mend IT, are followsi
- /. II can he furnished ia abundance, nnd ut
en- moderate price.
G. ,. IL affords light moro brilliant than any oths
Z, substance hitherto proposed for common use.
u j. IL Is safe. IN no way explosive. drops no fr
,b from the wick. md leaves fire upon it,
os 4 IL Is cleanly. lcavc- grease marks. and
spilled on clothes furniture, eyupoutes entirely
IL like Alcohol
iei s. II endures any natural degree Of cold withoU
"a becoming IN the least cvugealsd.
he g. Tho lamps in order. need no snuflin
We or raising Of the wick. but merely require to
of Kept clean, and to be Glled often they bur
b themselves empty.
:. Remark. The Camshins 10y exposure 10 the al
i may; amer some months keeping. become liul
,p- deicriorated. and begin to form black crust U
the wick. The article under these circumstanc,
at IL not spoiled. but only requires rehabilitation
81 the manufacturer. 10 be perfect q at lint
~ Ill. Experiments 10 determine Me copIyarafil
!, economy u Cdmphins aud Sperm OIL for MSmis
,ss hoa.
/. AgsuH D.. 1910. Having filed a Fountain A
lce gand Lamp with a measured quantity Of tho be
All Sperm Oil and one Of Wobb's Patent Camphir
Lamps, with u measured quantity VI Webb. Can
ily pne;l lighted thom simultaneously, and measure
pm the quantity Of light afforded by each every tw
i've minutes. for two hours. and finally measuring a
"a residual quantity Of Oil and Camphne, determine
an the quantity OF each consumed. From these dain
-; calculated tho proportion Of each substance nccs
- sary 10 afford equal light. The result, VAS TIA
NJ. 45 parts Of Camphne equal in uminaiir
raj power TO 100 paris Of OIL. by measure. Alowir
both substances to be Of equal proc by the gallo
there would he a saving OF more than one. half
-, "a using tho Camphine. Somo idea Of tho supora
!of brilliancy OF lie light from the Csmphine may
To- formed from The fact that in the above experiIne
- although the diameter Of the two flames WAS ~
zee very different the one bssg seyen-eighhs and a
' other nneeighIhs Of inch; yet tho light from
M OIL was to that from the CAmphine only 10 /
the Cululhine giving Than three times niue
CT light a. a c Oil.
". PeeSI'arsiss in The eorJHsfioa Of CGuphin
sI w. WetG'S Patent Burners. sc. &C.
n, When CHmphiuo Is burned ia the unmodihed opC
10 ait II Consumes with much BLACK smoke. like spiri
nd OF TurpOuIine. but with Il Thin flame aud curre
oi OF air aIs certain velocity particle Of smol
as, appears Tho construction Of the camphine Ian
VI for IL. oil jocI tho above conditions.
Mr.. GAY hos shown mo one Of Air Webs Pa
eni Camphine BurnOn. with circular wick" b
tween TWO "coEicai'- cVncenirick plates. which
elegant ar forrn. aud The purposes OF sInok
less combustion completely. Mr. Gay has also show
r, ue sample Of the Camphine. manufactured byhi
as Wobt Of New York. according TO his patent IN
,se Ihod Il to me 10 have oil Of tho proper
at Of the CamphIne Of Dumas.s and afforded u very
-. Perior light, appears from tho foregoing eIpor
- ment
- The uso Of Campfire for the purposes Of Illum
Il milton Is not new project but has 'he Oxperenc
al Of some years 10 recommend 1t. aud far beIiev
. 1t has given general satisfaction.
y. JOHN LOCKE
Medical COIlfs. of Ohio. August %. 1870.
or The article az prepared by M. Dumas. vi
&c made in the laboratory without reference TO cost
soluelj PurS.-oci S-tE