Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-09-18

IGIIT-1he Wheeling Camphine Company
having received n supply OF Wcbb's Cam
phine oil and Lamps, is now ready TO furnish the
citizens Of Wheeling, with the best light i'm all re-
spects which has ever been offered TO the public.
Annexed is the result of the analysis of the Cam
phine Oil and the opinion Of Professor Locke of
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, as to the
superiority Of the article for light.
The Store of the Camphine Company is on water
street. a few doors above the Stage Office. where
the light may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. 3. SANBoRNE. Principal Agent.
MIR. GAY, AgeHtJ for A. " H. Web. If NetC York,
Having called ON me for my opinion with regard
to the use of Camphine, for the purposes of artificial
Illumination, | have. after examining the subject.
embodied the following informaiion
|. NatRrc Of CanDhiRe. Camphine is a proximaie
vegetable principle, discovered some years since,
by Dumas, of Paris. IL is mostly procured from
spiritsof Turpentinc, and is in fact "a very pure
essence OF Turpeniine." II is capable OF combining
: with other substances, and ofbeing separated again
n from them without being changed in its qualities.
: 1t has therefore, like pure Alcohol and Ether. a
G permanent and distinct nature as a chymical sub.
> stance. IL Is cOloiless, limpid, moderately volatile
aud combushble. in the same manner as spirits Of
d Turpenine, but il is not explosive. Camphor diff
: ers ironCamphine only in containing oXygene. hence
n the name of Camphine, OF basis ~ofCamphor.
: IL Economical Hseof Camphine for me purposes
10 Of illumination. My opinion in favor Of the use Of
~ ~Camphine for lights, was fully expressed in my lee
lie tufeslast winter. and see no cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-
NJ mend it, are as follows:
IS, 1. II can be furnished in abundance. and ri a
IN moderate price.
G. ?. IL affords n light more brilliant than any other
substance hitherto proposed for common use.
" 8. IL rs safe, in no way explosive, drops no fire
IN from the wick, and leaves no fire upon il.
as 4 IL is clcanly. leaves no grease marks. and i
~ spilled on clothes or furniture, cyapOrates entirely
II like Alcohol.
lei 5. II cndures any natural degree Of cold withou
"a. becoming in the least congealed.
ne 6. The lamps once in order, need no snunin,
We or raising of the wick, hut merely require to b.
Of Kept clean, and 10 be filed as often as they burr
by themselves empty.
Remark. The CamYhine by exposure TO the ali
rrJJ may; after some months keeping, become n lhti
M deteriorated, and begin 10 form n black crust OF
the wick. The article under these circumstance
at is not spoiled, but only requires Redistribution b.
81 the manufacturer, 10 be as peTicct as al first.
ne III. Experiments 10 determine The comparable
il economy u CdmPhiHe aHd Sperm OIL for iHsmiHo
,se ton.
August d, 1910. Having filled a Fountain Al
zee gand Lamp with a measured quantity of the be,
all Sperm Oil and one Of Webb's Patent Camphin
Lamps, with a measured quantity of Webb's Can
ily phine;l lighted them simultaneously, and measures
The quantity Of light afforded by each every twent
I'VE minutes, for two hours, and finally measuring tn
"a residual quantity Of Oil and Camphine, determines
IN the quantity Of each consumed. From these data
- calculated the proportion Of each substance neces
20. sary 10 afford an equal light. The result, vas. tina
Is parts of Camphine were equal in illuminatin
raj power to 100 parts of Oil, by measure. Allowing
both substances 10 be Of equal price by the gallon
so there would be n saving OF more than one.half b.
using the Camphne. Some idea Of the superio
brilliancy of The light from the Camphine may b
to- formed from the fact that in the above experimen
- although the diameter Of The two flames vas no
zee very different, the one being seven-eighths and tn
"a other nine-eighihs Of an inch; yet the light from lh,
Oil was TO that from the Camphine only us 3 TO 10
vn the C~amphine giving more than three times as mucl
CT light as Ire OIL.
". Pccuharities IN The combustion of Camphine
M WeJ6's Patent Burners, &c. &c.
he When Cnmphine is burned ia the unmodifed opeI
ID ait, II consumes with much black smoke, like spirit
nd Of Turpentine, bat with n thin flame and a curren
OF oil air at certain velocity. not n particle of smok
appears The construction of The Camphine Lam
~ for It's oil ject the above conditions.
" Mr.. Gay has shown me one Of Mr. Webbs Pat
cnt Camphine Burners, with a circular wick" be
tween two "conical" concenirick plates, which
elegant m form, and answers the purposes Of smoke
~ less combustion completely. MIR. Gay has also show
lev me n sample of The Camphine. manufactured byAIi
as Webt Of New York, according To his patent me
use thod. q seems to me To have all of the propeuie
lat Of the C%amphIno Of Dumas and afforded a very su
penor light, as appears from the foregoing expert
ry menf.
The use Of Camphiro for The purposes Of Illumi
nation Is not n new project, but has The experienc,
al Of some years TO recommend A.. and so far. believe
II has given general satisfaction.
y. JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio, August %, 1910.
q The article as prepared by NJ. Dumas, wn,
made IN the laboratory without reference to cost, alb
- solutelJ pure.-oct S-ic