Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-07-29

GbIs-lhc NuccinS SItupnlnc totnPlul
having received a supply Ut Weebs Cam RI
nine oil and Lamps. is now ready ~ furnish the
tizens Of Wheeling. with the best light in all re- 90
,ects which has ever been offered to the public.
is the result OF the analysis Of the Cam A.
,,Ss Oil and the opinion of Professor Locke OF n
.uos,io Medical College at Cincinnati. Us to the Nv
Tt,Sy vl the article for light. II
.,res, ,ve Of the Camphins Company is on water O.
Inc I;sh, ~ .doors above the stage office. wher. N
mi, seen nightly. Sales are for cash an
Mn. GAY, AreSesANBoRNE. Principal Agent,
Having called "a. v. H. Web6, Of Neo York. in
10 tho use of Campfs for my opinion With regar% al
illumination, I have. tSr the PURPOSES " aa%;.c,
embodied the following SeAan"n"s I'M g
!. Mature Of CGnPhihe. Vlar ., h
vegetable principle. drscoye Aphine Is a proS'ma'e Ct
by Dumas, of Paris IL is mSS"e 80 - 81
spirits OF Turpentine. and il in faoprOeueu ~ &
essence o, Tnrpentine." 1t is capabN Suy - a
with other substances, and ofbeing scPS."5a~"; n
from them without being changed in it's 80 !
IL has therefore. like pure Alcohol and F. q
permanent and distinct nature as n chymical "
stance. IL is coloiless. limpid. moderately volatfl
aud combusiIble. ia the same manner as spirits Of
TurpentIne, but IL IL not explosive. Camphcr diff
cs froSlCamphine only in containing oxygene. hence
the namo of Camphinc. OF basis o~fCamphor.
III Economical HscoT CdHlPhine for The yurPoses
Of illumination. My opinion in favor OF The use OF
Camphine for lights. was fully expressed in my lee
lures last winter. and I see no cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-
mend ~, are Us follows;
1. IL can be furnished ia abundance, md al a
, moderate price.
, 2. IL affords a light more brilliant than any other
4 substance hitherto proposed for common use.
! 3. IL is safe, in NO way explosive, drops no fire
q from the wirk, and leaves no fire upon il.
l. IL IS cle0nly. leaves no grease marks, and IL
spilled on clothes or furniture, cNaporates entirely,
a like Alcohol.
Il Il
becoming IN the least cUuEcnlsd.
9. The lamps once in order. need no %snufling
i or raising Of the wick, but merely require TO be
z kept clean, and 10 be filled as often as they burn
q themselves empty.
e Remark. The Camphine by exposure 10 tho mir
d may; after some months keeping, become a liul,
deierioratcd, and begin TO form a black crust OF
the wick. The article under these circumstance
: is not spoiled, but only requires rehabilitation b,
Tho manufacturer. TO be s~pcrfect rs nj first.
III. Experiments 10 determins The somydratir
economy Of CamPhiae and Sperm Oil for MHmina
ton.
August 81. 1910. Having filed a Fountain An
sand Lamp with u measured quantity Of The hes
Sperm Oil and one of Webb's Patent Camphin,
Lamps. with a measured quantity Of Webb's Cam
phine; lighted Them simultaneously and measure,
the quantity OF light afforded by each every twent
minutes. for two hours. and finally measuring IN
residual quantity OF Oil and Camphine, determine,
"N IeH'hiN W o'h sAi6t ISW intnt ulu
calculated the proportion of each substance neces
sary 10 afford an equal light. The result, vas, tina
:" - paris of Camphine wero equal in illuminaiin
power TO 100 parts of Oil, by measure. Allowin
: both substances to be Of equal pree by the gallon
=: there would be u saving OF more than one.half d
using tho Camphine. Some idea Of the superio
brilliancy Of The light from the Camphine may b
formed from the fact that in the above experiment
M although the diameter Of the two flames was nu
very different, the one being seven-eighths and tn
= other nine-eighihs Of an inch; yet tho light from III
Oil was 10 that from the Camphine only as 3 10 lC
tho Camphine giving more than three times AZ mucl
light as tie Oil.
y ". PecuL,arifies in ne combustion Of CampAins
W. WeI6s Patent Burners, &c. &c.
When Camphino is burned ia the unmodiGcd opcl
air, II consumes with much black smoke, like spirit
> OF Turpeniine, but with a Thin lame and u curen
oi ar alta certain velocity. not n particle of smok
% appears The construction Of The Camphine Lam
b. for its OF ject the above condiuons.
" Mr.. Gay has shown me one of Mr. WebL's Pa
ent Camphine Burners, with n "circular wick" be
81 tween two "conical" concentrick plates. which
elegant IN form, snd answers The purposes OF smoke
less combustion completely. Mr.. Gay has also show
rs ue a sample Of The Camphinc. manufactured byAi
Webb Of New York, according TO his patent me
thod. II seems 10 me To have all of tho ~properic
of the C~amphIne Of Dumas and Afforded a very W
Penor light. III appears from The foregoing e1peri
nent.
The use OF Campfire for the purposes Of Illumi
nation Is not a new project. but has the eXpericpc,
y Of somo years TO recommend It. nnd 80 far, ! believe
K has given general satisfaction.
JOHN LoCKE.
Medical College Of Ohio, Aygust %, 1870.
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The article os prepared by 81. Dumas. wa
made in the laboratory without reference 10 cost, nb
solutelV uure - Aft