Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-07-15

n lGilr-1he Wheeling Clmphine Conpan,
N 4 having received supply OF wobb's Cam.
phine oil and Lamps. is ready 10 furnish the
Citizens of Wheeling with the best light in all re.
speeis which has ever been offered 20 the public.
Annexed Is tho result Of the analysis of the Cam
pune Oil and the opinion of Professor Locke of
inc Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati as TO the /
superiority OF the article for light
lhe STORE OF the Camphine Company is on water /
$50 Few doors above the stage office. where /
", 'Sh' may DC seen nightly. Sales are for cash /,
onV. H. T. SANBORNE. PRINCIPAL Agent.
MR.. GAY Agent for a. v H. Web. Of Mem York.
Having called ON the for my opinion with regard
10 ~ use OF NHnphine, for Ie purposes of ariiiioia
Illumination have. after examining the subiect
embodied The following information;
|. !. Nature IF Campkine Camphine i +, nro,;D,,,
vegetable principle. discovered some vears s;ncs
/ 10y Dumas OF Paris. IL is mostly procured (ro,n
spirits OF Iurpcnt;ne, aud is in fact "a very pnr.
essence % Tnrpentine." II is capable of eoubn;pr
with Other substances. and ofbeng separated arnin
rom 'hym without being changed in its qualiiies
| II has therefore, Ike pure Alcohol and Ether
permanent and distinct nature as a chymcal sub
stance II Is coloiless, limpid. moderately volatile
aud combusble. IN the same manner as spirits of
Iurpeniine, hut II is not explosive. Camphor diff
crs iroSnCamphine only ia containing oxyrene hence
the name OF Camphine OF basis of Camphor
IL Economical Hscof Camyhine Tor the purposes
81 Inflammation. My opinion ia favor of The uso of
Camping for lights, fully expressed in nv lee.
lures last winier, and see cause for changing
lha' opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend II, follows:
l. II can be furnished in abundance. md at n
moderate price.
: = IL affords light more brilliant than any other
4 substance hitherto proposed for common usc,
d. IL Is sale, IN no way explosive. drops no fire
o from the wick. and leaves no fire upon IT,
a IL Is 'ltanly. leaves no grease marks. and il
spilled on clothes or furniture. oyaporaes entirely
Il 5. II cndures any natural degree of cold without
,. becoming IN the least congeuled.
i b. The lamps once ia order. need no snuflinr
d or raising OF the wick. but merely require 10 be
8 Kept clean and 10 be filed often as they burn
. themselves empty.
c Remark. The Cam, shine by exposure to the mir
d mays aiicr some sOnths keeping, become a liule
dcrerioraIed, aud begin TO form black crust on
Inc wick. The article under these circumstance,
II mol sioded but only requires rehabilitation by
the manufacturer, 10 be asperlcct as at first
jill. Experiments 10 d,irrAsiHe The com2araiir,
economy q CamlhiHe and Sperm OIL for Ha,aina
ton.
August 81. 1870 Having filed a Fountain Ar
ga"d Lamp with measured quantity of The bes
sperm OIL aud one of Webb's Patent Camuh;nt
Lamps with measured quantity of Webb's Cam
phnc;l lighted them simultaneously and measure,
'he quantity of light afforded by each every tweni,
nnnics, for two hours nnd finally msas,irins IA,
ihe quantity of each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion OF each Substance neces
larry TO aioTd an equal light. The result was, iho
- paris OF Camphino were equal ia illumination
power To 100 paris Of Oil, 10y measure Allo,yins
both substances 10 be of equal price by the sal,p
: i'ere would be n saving OF more than one. half o,
/ using the Camphinr. Some idea of The su1er;o,
briiIiancy OF iie light from the Camphinc mny he
formed from The fact that in the above cxperilnen
y although The diameter of The two flames ,v,s M,
very different. the ono beiag seveIl-eirtls md tho
oher Iine-eishhs OF an inc yet the light from the
Oh was To that from the Camphinc only as 3 10 10
ihe Canphine giving than three lines as much
light rs d! oil
N.Pscui'ariiies ia he coY.JUsiioa or Camg1ise:
W WeLG's Patent Burners. Sc Sc.
When Camphine is burned u, tie uumodiTod opcp
an consumes with much black smoke, Iiko spirits
o. Turpeniine, but with n hin flame and n curren,
oI ar alta certain velocity. particle of smoke
appears The construction of the Cumrhinc Lamn
Tor lis oil jcci the above conditions.
Mr.. Gay has shown Inc one of Mr. WobI,s d,
eni CamphEe Burners, with "circuIar wick 4" mo.
tween two "cUncul" concenirick pla,cs vI,i,l, !.
elegant IL form. and answers the purposes of su,oEc
less combustion completely Mr. Cav has also sboyv
tue sample Of The Cnmphinc. manufactured hvNIr
Webt Of New York. according 10 his paieni mo-
ihod. u seems 10 To have all Of tho pr,perrics
ut The CampIine OF Dumns,s ana Afforded a very 81,
per.or lghI. a' appears from tho foregoing expert.
mout.
The use Of Campfire for the purposes Of ,lIuroi.
nation is not project, bat has tho experience
% some wears 10 recommend a. and 20 far believe
II ha giveH general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
Meiica! College Of Ohio, August %. 1910.
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The article os prepared by NJ Dumas. was
made IN tho laboratory without reference 10 cost alb
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