Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-05-08


n lGHT.-The Wheeling Camphine Company
II having received supply OF webbs Cam
phine OIL and Lamps, Is now ready 10 furnish the
citizens oi Wheeling. with the best light in all ro-
sPoets which has ever been offered to the public.
Annexed Is the result Of the analysis of the Cam
Ph'ne Oil and the opinion of Professor Locke of
'.'e emo Medical College at Cincinnati. as to the
Supenorl'y oi the article for light
The Store of tho Campbin,. Comp,,,, - IN ,vate,
street. few doors above tho St,co 1,;c. where
"'r "s"i may De seen nightly. Sales are for cash
Only d. '. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
MIR GAY agent for A. " a. U,Ib. Of N,.,, yo,k
having ca"eu on me for nv opinion with regard
'" Tue use OF Camph'ne Tor the purposes Of artificial
,.rl','i ~ ,' N"er examining the subject.
embodied tho following inlormaiion
!. Mature If CamphiRe. Campb;no - q, rro,;,,,,,.
vegetable principle discovered snmc - s;,,a
hy Dumas, of Paris. Ii * mostly tr,,c,r,l C.,
spir'soi Iutpenilnc and il ia fact "a vcr,, ~
essence OF Turpenlinc" II Is capablc Of 60 -:
with Other substances, aud ofbeing separated 49,,
from them without being changed ia its ouoI,i,cs
u hns therefore. like pure Alcohol and Ether /,
permanent and distinct nature a. a chymical s,,b
stance. IL is colotless, lmpid. moderately volatile
sud eombusllblo. ia the same manner as spirits o,
lurpenine, but 1t is not explosive Camphor diff
crS iroAIamphine only IN containing oxygcnc hence
the name OF Camphinc. OF basis OF G. mphor
| IL EcoHon''cai useot CdHiphiHe for me purpose,
| Of illumination. My opinion IN favor Of The use OF
Camrhino for lights, fully expressed IN my lee
lures last winter. and see 40 cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend II, are fllows:
i. IL can be furnished in abundance and nj ,
moderate price.
= Ii affords light more brilliant Than any oihe
substance hitherto proposed fer common use
.. IL II safe. IN no way explosive, drops no fir,
from the wick. and leaves no FIRE unon H.
/ 4 IL Is clcanly. leaves no grease marks, and i
spilled on clothes Or furniture, cyupopios entirely
/ like Alcohol.
). II cndurcs any natural degree Of cold withou
becoming IN the least congealed
6. The lamps once ia order. need no snufiin,
or raising of the wick, hut merely require to h
kept clean, and To be filled as often as they burr
| themselves empty.
Remark. The Camrhine by exposure 10 the ali
may; after some months keeping become n lIl
delcrorated, and begin TO form black crust 81
the wick. The article under these circumstance
Is not spoiled. but only requires Redistribution b
the manufactured, 10 be as perfect as at first.
Ill. Experiments to determine The comparable
economy u Camphiiae and Sperm OIL for Hsmiao
ton.
August p. 1910. Havsg filed Fountain Al
gand Lamp with n measured quantity of The be.
Sperm Oil and one of Webb's Patent Camphin
Lamps, with measured quantity Of WeLb's Can
phinc; lighted them simultaneously aud measure
tho quantity of light afforded by each every twent
minutes. for Two hours, and finally measuring III
residual quantity Of Oil and Camphine determine
the quantity OF each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion of each Substance nece,
sary 10 afford an equal light The result Was tbs
40 paris of Cumphne equal in illumination
power 10 100 parts of Oil, 10y measure Allowin
both substances TO he of equal prIce by the gallor
there would be saving OF more than onc,half n
using the Camphine. Some idea Of the superiC
hrlllancy Of the light from tho Camphinc NAV b
formed from the fact that in the above experimer
although he diameter of the two flames was n,
very different, the one beiag seyen-eshIhs AMI III
nher nne-eIghlhs Of inch; yet the liphl from III
OIL was 10 that from the CampLne only as 10 IL
the CamphIEe giving more than three lines as muc
light TIE Oh.
". PocHh'ariiieS an The corJisiioa Of Camphin,
Vi Ncbbs Patent Burners, Sc Sc.
When Camphine ~ burned ia the unmodfed opc
all Il consumes with mech black smoke. like spir
of TurpenIiue hut with Thin flame and currer
ct air alta certain velocity not particle Of snlok
appears The construction of the Camphine Lam
for lis Object the above conditions.
Mr.. Gay has shawn one Of Mr. WeIbs Pa
cni Cnmph,ne Burners with "circular wick " b
tween Two "cUnical" conceuisick plates. which
elegant IN form, and answers The purposes of smuk
less combustion completely. Mr.. Gay has also show
u't S''"I'l' VI 'ne 'sHHIhIuc' manufactured OWN
Webt Of New York, according 10 his patent m,
thud. II seems to me 10 have all of the properiic
OF the Camphine of Dumas,s and afforded a very st
per'or light. as appears from the foregoing cxper
mcnt
Tho use Of Canphine for The purposes Of Hum
nation Is not a new project, bat has tho experience
OF some years 10 recommend IT, and 80 far believe
1t has given general satisfaction
JOHN LOCKE
Medical College Of Ohio, August 2S, 1910.
| The article rs prepared by NJ. Dupas wa
mad" IN The laboratory without reference to cost a
| soluicly pure.-oci S-tE