Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-09-04

lGIlT-The Wheeling Camphino Company
having received n supply of Wcbbs Cam.
phine oil and Lamps, is now ready 10 furnish the
citizens OF Wheeling, with the best light ia all re-
sPecis which has ever been offered to the public.
Annexed is the result OF the analysis of the Cam
phine Ol aud the opinion of Professor Locke Of
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, as 10 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. BE-. SANBOiNE. Principal Agent
Mr.. GAY, Agent for A. v n. Web. Of Nep York.
Having calcd ON me for my opinion with regard
to the use Of Camphine, FOR tho purposes of artif, ial
illumination, | have, after examining the subject
embodied the following information:
!. Natsre Of C0HYhiHe. Camphine is q proximnie
vegetable principle, discovered sy,uc wears since.
hy Dumas, of Paris. II is mostly procured from
spirlsoi Turpcn;!rc. and il in fact "a very pure
eSsen'e OF TurFentIne." 1t is capable of combining
WIN O'hei substances, and Of being separated again
from them without being changed in its qualities.
II las therefore,, like pure Alcohol and Ether. a
permanent and distinct nature as a chymical sub.
stance. II Is colotless. limpid. moderately volatile
and combusuble, in the same manner as spirits of
lurlenine' but II Is not explosive. Camphor diff
crs i~rONiCamphIne only in containing oxyrene, hence
the name OF Camphinc. OF basis of Camphor.
IL Economical Hscof Camyhine for the purposes
q illumination. My opinion in favor ofthe use Of
C~anrhine for lights, was fully expressed in INV lee.
lures last winter, and see no cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend II, are rs follows:
i. Ii can be furnished i'm abundance. and nj n
moderate price.
:. 1t affords n light mere brilliant than any other
substance hitherto proposed for common use.
D II Is sale, M no way explosive, drops no FIRE
from the wick, and leaves no fire upon IL.
4 II IS clearly. leaves no grease marks, and il
I anfNaN mn
like Alcohol.
5. 1t endures any natural degree Of cold without
becoming IN the least congealed.
u. Inc lamps once in order, need no snuninp
or raising Of tho wick, but merely require 10 bG
Kept Clean and 10 be filled Us often us they burn
Themselves empty.
, Remark. The CamYhine by exposure 10 the air
mays after some months keeping, become n liuIo
? deIeriorated, and begin to form a black crust OH
lhe WICK. The article under these circumstances
. not spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation by
D The Manufactured. TO be asperlect as at first.
2 III. Experiments 10 determine he comparative
economy y CaDlPhine aud Sperm OIL for Msmiaa.
) AUgHsf27, 1910. Having filled a Fountain Ar.
sand Lamp with a measured quantity Of the best
Sperm Oil and one of Webb's Patent Campbine
Lamps, with a measured quantity of Wcbb's Cam.
phinoil lighted Them simultaneously. and measured
The quantity Of light afforded by each every twenty
$3.50 ~ W houlSt uHu Iilllly measuring TIC
residual quantity OF OIL and Camphine, determined
ihe quantity OF each consumed From these data |
calculated The proportion Of each substance neccs.
sary to ai!ord an equal light. The result. was, thai
10 parts Of Camphinc were equul in ILLUMINATING
power to 100 paris Of Oil. by measure. Allowing
oo'h substances To be Of equal price by the gallon,
theTe would be a saving of more than onebalf bv
using the Camphine. Some idea of The super;or
bnlliancy Of The light from the Camphine NAV bs
inTincd from The fact that in the above experiment
although the diameter Of The two flames WIS moi
very different, the one being seven-eighths and Tho
~olhernnhe-eighih of an inch; yet tho light from the
OI was 10 that from the Camphine only as 3 TO 10.
lhe Camphine giving raorc Than three times rs much
lghI as ~ OIL.
~. PecHI'driiies in he cogJRSiioH If CaD,pLine;
VI Web6's Patent Burners, &c. DC.
when Camphiuc Is burned ia the unmodiGed opep
AR, II consumes with much black smoke. like spirits
OF IurpeEtine' bat with a Thin flame and d current
oi az nia certain velocity. not a particle Of smoke
appears The construction Of ihe Camphine Lamp
Tor It's Object the above conditions.
MI. Gay has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Pat
eWt 'anphlno Burners, with a "circular wick" be.
tween t"o "cOnical' conccnirick plates, which Is
elegant IA form. aud answers the purposes of smoke
less combustion completely. Mr.. Cav has also shown
ne o sample of the Camphine, manufactured bvNlr
WebI Of New York. according To his patent me.
mod. u seems 10 me 10 have all Of the properties
oil me CamPhiHe Of Dumas uftd saarded a very su.
p'"or light a appears from the foregoing expert.
mCuf.
The use OF Campfire for the purposes Of IIlumi.
n'iion - not a new project. but has Inc experience
u some years 90 recommend II. aud so far, 1 believe
II ha given general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio, August %, 1910.
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The article as prepared by NJ. Dumos. was
made IN the laboratory without reference to cost'ab
soluicly puTe-Oct S-tC