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

, y lGhT-Ihe Wheeling Caiuptinc Company
having received a supply OF Wcbbs Cam
phiu- oil and La,np~. is ready 10 furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling. with the best light in all re-
sPecs which has ever been off red to The public.
Annexed is the result of The analysis of the Cam
Pe'ne Oh aud the opinion OF Professor Locke OF
the OHIO Medical College at -. .nnati as 10 the \
superiority Of the article for light.
i The Store OF the CaInphine Company is on water !
street lew "oors above the stage office, where /
the hight may De seen nigaily Sales are for cash
only. H. T. SANBORNE. Principal Agent
NIR. GAY, Agent for A. v H. Web. Of Ns,, YORK.
Having called on me fur my opinion with regard
TO the use OF CamPhne. fr the purposes OF artificial
illumination. have. after examining the subject
embodied the following information:
) !. Nature Of CamyhiHs. Camphine is n pro simai.
E vegetable principle. discovered some years since
by Dumas. Of Paris. Ii Is mostly procured from
spirits Of Turpentine, and is in fact "a very pure
essence OF Tnrpentine" II is capable OF com Inning
c with Other substances. and ofbeug separated again
u from them without being changed in us qualities
: II has therefore, like pure Alcohol aud Ether
: permanent and distinct nature a chymieal sub
stance. IL is cooIless. limpd, moderately volatile
:, aud combusiible. in the manner as spirits OF
q Turpenine, but IL is not explosive. Camphor diff.
. ers ironCamPhne only in containing oHygene, hence
~ the name OF CamphIne. OF basis of Camphor.
= III Economical useof Cauphine for tLe purposes
10 Of illumination. My opinion favor Of the use OF
Camhine for lights, fully expressed in INV lee
ie lures last winter aud 40 cause for chang ng
n; lint opinion The circumstances which recon-.
IA mend it, fOllowsi
e l. IL can be furnished in abundance and at a
IN moderate price
g :. IL affords light more brilliant than any Other
= substance hitherto proposed for common use.
). IL is safe. IN no way explosive. DROPS no fire
IA rom the wick. and leaves no fire upon IT,
rs A. IL is cleOnly. leaves grease marks. and 4
~ spilled on clothes or furniture. evapoates entirely
f. like Alcohol.
ei 5. II endures any natural degree Of cold without
a, becoming IN the least csngealed.
no 6. The lamps in order. need no snufiinl
We raising OF the wick, hut merely require TO b,
of Kept clean. and TO no filed ollen they burr
by themselves empty.
=: Remark. The Cnmshno by exposure TO the air
nj may; after months keeping, become a liul,
~ deterioTaIed, and begin to form black OF
The wick. The article under these circumstance
at Is not spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation b.
So the manufacturer 10 be rs perfect Us al first
IL III. Experiments 10 determine Me conlUdrafiu
il economy 81 CaB,pLine and Sperm OIL for iHsmina
Sc don
August ~. 1910. Having filled Fountain Al
&c gand Lamp with measured quantity of the hes
AL Sperm OIL and one Of Webb's Patent Camph;n
Lamps. with measured qSan,iiy Of Webb's Cam
liz plume; lighted them simultaneously. and measure,
IN The quantity OF light afforded by each every twen
We minutes. tor two hours, and finally measuring IN
"a residual quantity Of Oil and Camphne determine,
- calculated The proportion Of each substance neces
To- sary TO afford equal light The result. was. tha
NJ. IS parts Of Camphine were equal in illuminating
-al power 20 100 parts Of Oh, by measure. Allowing
both substances to be Of equal price 10y the gallon
- there would be saving OF more than one-half %
g. using the Camphine. Some idea Of tho supero
of brillIancy Of the gIt from the Camphine may b.
o. formed from the fact that in the above experiment
. although the diameter Of the two flames was ma
&c very different. the one being seven-eighths and III
~ other nine-eighhs Of inch; the light from lh
n Oil was TO that from the Camphine only as To
N the CamphIne giving than three lines as mucl
e. lIghI Ire OIL.
". Pee'i'ariiiss IN the co-Bus,ion Of Camphine
g " WebL's Patent Burners de- DC
he When Camphino Is burned u the unmodfed opeI
air. 1t consumes with much black smoke. like spril
ID OF Turpeniine bot with thin flame and curren
Oh OF ar ut certain velocity. particle of smoke
:, appears The construction Of the Camphins LAM
for lis oil ject the above conditions.
Mr.. Gay has shown one Of Mr. Webb's Pat
ent Camphns Burners. with n "circular wick" be
tween TWO "conical" coucenirick plates which !
elegant ir form. and the purposes Of smoke
~ less combustion completely. Mr. Gay has also shown
ry me sample of the Camphine. manufactured byA
as Webt OF New York. according to his patent me
So thod q seems 10 me 10 have all Of the propeuie
al of the Cnmphine Of Dumas and afforded very su
p Peror light, as appears from the foregoing expert
10 ment
The use Of Campfire for the purposes Of iIlumi
nation Is not n new project but hns tho experience
Of some years TO recommend II. and so far believe
- II has given general satisfaction.
y JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio. August IS. 1910.
" Tho article as prepared by NJ. Dumas was
Z made in the laboratory without reference to cost alb
ii solutelJ pure-oci S-iC
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