Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-11-04

n IGHT-The Wheeling Camphine Company
having received supply OF webb's Cam
phIne oil and Lanps, ~ now ready furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling. with the best light in all re-
specls which has ever been offered 10 the public.
Annexed is the result of the analysis of the Cam
phinc Oil and the opinion Of Professor Locke of
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati to the
superiority OF the article for light
The Store OF the CamPhins Company is on wafer
street. few doors above the Stage office, where
the light may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only IL. =. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
/ Ma GAY, Agent for A. " H. WebJ. Of Nm l-crk. \
! Having called ON the i,r my opinion with regard !
TO the use OF Camphine Or the purposes OF artificial
illumination. I have. after examining the subject
embodied the following information:
/ L. Nature IF Cdmphins Camphine is a prosimate
/ vegetable principle, discovered years since
hy Dumas, Of Paris. IL is mostly procured from
spirits OF Turpeniine. and il in fact "a very pure
essence Of Turpentine." II is capable OF combining
with Other subsianccs aud orbeng separated ngain
from them without being changed in its qualities.
IL has therefore. Ike pure Alcohol and Eihsr. n
permanent and distinct nature a chymical sub
stance. u - cololcss. lm?id moderately volatile
aud conbusble. ia the same manner spirits of
Turpeniine. but u IL not explosive. phor diff,
froRCamrhino only in containing oxygcne. hence
7 the name of Camphine, OF basis of Camphor.
III Economical "seof CamphiHs for me purposes
a. illumination. Ny opinion favor of the use OF
Camphino for lights, fully expressed in my lee
e tuIesl last winter, and see for changing
J; that opinion The circumstances which recon-
n ( mend n. are follows:
!. i. Ii can be furnished ia abundance and st
B, moderate price.
6 :. IL affords light more brilliant than any other
: snt stance h.lherio proposed for common use
> j. Ia Is safe. IN no way explosive. drops no FIRE
\ from the wick, and leaves M fire upon IT,
- 4 IL Is clearly. leaves NO grease Marks and IL
spilled on clothes furniture, cvaporates entirely
T. like Alcohol.
Ct 5 II cndures any natural degree Of cold without
!. becoming m the least csngealed.
70 6. The lamps in order. need snufng
% or raising of The wick. but merely require TO be
Of kept clean and to be Glicd often they burn
~ themselves empty.
Remark The CamYhins by exposure TO the air
II may; after some months keeping, become q liule
a. deterlorated and begin TO form black OF
The wick The article under these circumstance
NJ IS not spoiled, but ouy requires rehabilitation by
~ the manufacturer, 10 be ssIerltCt first.
~ III. Experiments 10 deteT'nins me comparable,
!, economy Q; Camphins and Spersi OIL for Msmiaa
a. lion.
Angus, D. 1870. Having filled Fountain Ar
&c gand Lamp with measured quantity of the bes
All Sperm OIL and one of Webb's Patent Camphint
Lamps. with measured quantity Of Webb's Cam
IN phlne;l lighted them simultaneously and measured
m The quantity OF light afforded by each every twenty
We minutes fOr two hours and finally measuring III,
u residual quantity Of oil and Camphine determines
n
calculated the proportion of each substance neces
o. sary 10 afford equal light. The result as tina
NJ rs parts Of Camphine were equa! in illuminan;
"a power 10 100 paris Of Oil. by measure. Allowing
both substances 10 be OF equal puce by the gallon
90 there would be a saving OF more than one-half D.
.c using the Camphine Some idea Of the superio
of hrilIancy OF the light from the Cam7hine may b.
- formed from the fact that in tho above experiment
- although the diameter Of the two flames ~ no
&C very different. the one beiag seveneshths and h
~ other ninseighths of inch; yet the light from h
n OIL was TO that from the Csmphine only as to 0
the Camphine giving than three times as mucl
ci- lghI o. iso OIL.
Nv. PceViariiies in hs combustion Of CGmphinc
- W. Webs Patent Burners &C. sc.
br When Camphne is burned ia The unmodi6ed opol
D air, II consumes with much black smoke, like spirit
I'd Of Turp0ntne, but with Thin fame and u curren
o. oil ar alta certain velocity particle of smok
IS, appears The construction Of the Camphine Lam
% for its OF ject the above conditions.
MIR. Gay has shown me one Of Dir Webb's Pat
ent CamphnS Burners, with circular wick be
tween two "eonical' sOncentrick plates which
elegant in form and answers the purposes of smoke
less combustion completely. Mr.. Gay has also shown
., uc sample of the Camphne. manu- iactured byhii
rs Webt Of New York, according Co his patent me
sc Ihod. q seems 20 have all Of the properiio
al OF iho Camphne Of Dumas and afforded very su
.. Peror light AZ appears from tho foregoing expert
e ment.
The use Of Campfire for The purposes Of inumi
{ nation is not project bat has the experience
al OF some years 10 recommend IT, and far believe
. II ha1 given general satisfaction.
j. JOHN LOCKE.
Medical CoHegs Of Ohio. ARgusf %. 1910
Or Tho article prepared BY ~ Dumas, wa
&c made in the laboratory without reference TO cost alb
~ sOluiely puTS.-Oc; S-E
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