Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-07-10

z IGIiT.-Fhe Wheeling Camphine Company |
n having received supply OF webb's Cam
phine oil and LAMPS. is now ready 10 fumish the |
citizens OF Wheeling with the best light in all re-
sPccts which has ever been offered To the public
Annexed l. the result Of the analysis of the Cam
phine Oil and the opinion Of Professor Locke of !
The Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, as 10 the
superiority Vi the article for light
The Store of the Camphine Company is on water
street. lew doors above the stage office, where
"s 'ight may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
ony' Is. +. SANBOliNE, PRINCIPAL Agent.
MIR. GAY, Agent for A. v H. VeBb. Of Ne,r York
i''''hg called ON me for my opinion with regard
~ ' use vi Camphine, for the purposes Of artificial
illumination ! have. after cumming the subject
embodied the following inIi,rmo,iop.
- Nu'"e y CdHPh'ne. Camphinc is n proximaie
vegetable principle, discovered snno voars since
ny Dumas, of Paris. IL is mostly nrocn,ol ,r,n,
sPiIlsoi lurpeniinc. and IL in fact IN very pur.
essence oi Turpeniine." II is capable q, con,b;ni
win Other substances. and ofbeing separoteJ ogoin
irom them without being changed i'm lis op,I;,;cs
u las therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether /,
permanent and distinct nature as a chymical sui
stance. IL is coloiless limpd moderately volatile
aud combusiIhe. in the same manner as spirits Of
IIurpeniinc, but IL Il not explosive. Camphor diff
crs lronCaInphine only IN containing oxygcne hence
the name of Camphinc. OF basis Of Camphor.
IL Economical Hscof Camphine for de purposes
Of illumination. My opinion ia favor Of the use OF
lures last winter and see cause for changing
20 that opinion. The circumstances which recon.
mend n, follows:
+ /. IL can be furnished in abundance aud at q
c moderate price.
g = Ii affords light more brilliant than any other
d substance hitherto proposed for common use
d a. u II safe, IA no way explosive drops no Cir,
o from the wick, aud leaves no fire upon it,
A. Ii is clcanly. leaves lao grease marks and i
spilled on clothes or furniture evaporatcs entirely
a like Alcohol
Il 5. IL endurcs any natural degree Of cold w,hou
5. becoming IN the least cungealed
II b. The lamps once in order need no snufIin
d or raising Of the wick but merely require to b
& kept clean, and to be filled as often as they bur
% themselves empty.
e Remark. The CamFhine by exposure 10 the ali
d may; alter some months keeping, becnIae IA liul
deicriorated, and begin to form a black crust O
the wick. The article under these circumstance
Is net spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation b
the manufacturer, 10 be nspcricct as at first.
III. Experiments 70 determine ths connparatit
economy u CaMPhiHe and Sperm oil for iHasnninc
! ton
August q. 1910. Having filled Fountain A
gand Lamp with n measured quantity of the be-
Sperm Oil and one of Webb's Patent Camphn
Lamps, with measured quantity of Webb's Can
phine lighted them simultaneously and measure
The quantity OF light afforded by each every invent
minutes. for two hours, and finally measuring IN
residual quantity OF Oil and Camphine, determine
the quantity Of each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion OF each substance nece
sary To afford an equal light. The result wns IN.
10 parts OF CamPhine were equal in illuminaliu
power to 100 parts of Oil, by measure AIIowiu
both substances to be of equal price by the gallo
j; there would be saving ol more than one.haf Z
"a using The Camphne. Some idea of the superi,
!. brilinnsy OF The light from the Camphine may
d formed from the act that in the above experime,
d although the diameter OF the two flames WINS n,
very different, the one being scven-eichths and m
other nine-eighths of an inch; yet the light from N
. Oh was To that from the Camphine only NJ ; TO II
the CamrhinC giving more than three times as niue
lIghl as q G Oil
~ PecHl'drdfieS IA The combustion Of Canphia
G VI WeLd's Patent Burners &c. &c
When Camphine is burned ia lha uurnodifcd opc
h. an, II consumes with much black smoke, like spiri
> OF TuTpentIne, but with thin flame and currer
"i ar at a certain velocity. moi particle Of sInok
~ appears The construction Of the Camphine Lam
/. Tor lis Object the above condiuoBs.
'. Mr.. Gay has shown me Of Mr. Wcbb's Pa
7, eni Camphne Burners, with a "circular witch" b.
u tween two "cunica" concentrck platcs which
u elegant IN form, and the purposes Of smok
oi less commission completely. Mr.. Gay has also show
= me a sample Of the Camphne. manufactured byAI
J. webb of New York, according to his patent IN,
ihnd. q seems Ia me 10 have all Of the properi,
Of The Camphne Of Dumas and Afforded n very =,
PerIor light. n appears from the foregoing expor
fncat.
J. Tho use of Camphine for the purposes Of Ilum
nation Is not n new project. but has the experienc
Of some years 10 recommend IT, aud 30 far belicy,
Z II hai gives general satisfaction
= JOHN LOCKE.
Nedioai CoLlegs Of Ohio, August %, 1910
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= The article "a prepared by NJ. Dumas, wa
made in the laboratory without reference TO cost al
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