Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-06-10

n lGtlT-Ihc Wheeling Clmphine Company 1
ID A having received n supply OF Webb's Cam |
plume OIL and LAMPS. Is now ready 10 furnish The \
citizens OF Wheeling. with the best light in all re-
specis which has ever been offered 10 the public
Annexed is the result of the analysis of the Cam
phne OIL and the opinion Of Professor Locke Of
the Ohio Medical College ut Cincinnati Us ~ the /
superiority OF the article for light
The Store Of the Camphine Company is on water /
street n few doors above tho stage office, where
ih" light may he seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. II. =. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
( NlR. GAY, agent for A. =. H. We6B If Ne,r 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 Information:
/ ]. Nat'trc Of C0mpkinc Camphine is n pro- imaic
vegetable principle. discovered some wears since
10y Dumas OF Paris. Ii Is mostly procured from
spirits OF TurPentiac, md is in lact "a very pure
essSnce o. Turpentine." II is capable of combining
with oihei substances, and OF being separated again
from them without being changed in its qualtcs
IL las therefore. like pure Alcohol and Ether.
permanent and distinct nature rs a chvmical sub.
stance. IL - co!orless. lmpid, moderately volatile
aud cOnbusiIblc. IA the same manner az spirits ct
Iurpentine, but II Is not explosive Camphor dh:
ers iroTCamPhine only in containing oxygene hence
The name ct Camphine, or basis OF Camphor
| IL Econom,cdi Uscof CGmphiRe for the purposes
~ illumination. My opinion in favor of the use of
CamphIno for lights. was fully expressed in nv lee
' lures last winter and see no cause for changing
rs ihai opinion The circumstances which recOm-
mend II, rs fpllows:
i l. II can be furnished in abundance. aud at a
@ moderate price
>. II affords a lCh, more brilliant rhan anv other
4 Substance hitherto proposed for common use.
j . " Is safe. IN no WY explosive, drops no fire
o from The wick. and leaves no fire uppn H.
, l. II Is clcanly. leaves grease marks and II
$. spilled on Clothes or furniture, cyaporacs entirely,
a like Alcohol.
It ). II cniuros any natural degree Of cold without
=. becoming IN the least cUugcaad.
II Z. The lamps once in order need no smiling
Vi or raising Of the wick hut merely require Io I've
g kept clean, aud 10 DO filled as Oiien as they burn
10 themselves empty
le Remark The CamPhine by exposure 10 the air
ID may; after some months keeping. become a lii,
deicroraied, and begin 10 form a black crust 81
lho wick. The article under these circumstance,
Is not spoiled but only requires Redistribution 10y
The manufactured. 10 bc perfect as OF first.
III. Experiments 10 determine The comparable
economy u CdmPh'nc and Sperm OIL for dslaira
ton.
Arrusf y. 1910 Having filled Fountain Ar
sand Lamp with a measured quantity Of The bcs
sperm OIL and one of Wcbb's Patent Campb nj
Lamps, with measured quantity Of Wchb's Cam
pllne lighted Them simultaneously. and measu re-,
the quantity Of Ugh, afforded BY each every tweni,
slinutes. for Two hours and finally measuring III
The quantity of each consumed. From these data
calculated The Proportion of each substance neces
sary 10 afford an equal light The result was tha
70 paris ot Cam3hIne were equal in Iumiuninl
, power 10 100 paris of OIL, by measure. AlIown.
10th substances 10 bo of equal prcc Ly tho gallon
-; there would be a saving OF than onelalf %,
"a using The Camphnc. Some idea of the superb
y hrilIoncy ufIhe light from the Camphine may b,
~ orued from the fact that in The above ,ypcrimcn
~ although The diameter Of the two flames " as n,
m very different The enc heias scveI-crhiis and ia,
other uinC -cghihs of inch; yet tic lisht from iht
10 OIL was 20 that from the Camphinc only as 3 to 10
The Camphine giving than three lines as much
. light a q! e OIL
". PccGi,aGfics in Me ce~5uaioa ef Caapline
&c W. NtI6s Patoat Burners. &c &c
When Canphne is burned H. il.a uuraodifcd orcr
p, aii.u consumes with much black smoke like spirit
OF Iurpeniine. but with Thin flame and ctisgen
Vi az ats certain velocity. not particle Of smok,
~ appears The construction of the Cam hine Lam
b, for us oil Ieci the nbOyo conditions
~ Mr.. Gay has shown me enc of Mr. Wcbb's Pat
0, enl Cimphino Burners. with a circular wick - he
ed tween Two "concal" conceuirck plates, which .
NJ elegant ~ form. and the purposes OF smoE,
Of lees combustion completely Mr. Cay has a 50 show
es Tue snmple-Of the Camphine. manufactured byNI
FL Weot uf New York, according 10 his patent me
ihud. u seems 80 ne 10 have all of the properli,
Of rHe CumphIne Of Dumas and afforded a very 81
PrUoF lighI. ga appears from the foregoing cxper
mcu'.
l. The use Of Camphiro for the purposes Of rilurn
nation Is not c project but has he erpericnc
" Of some years 10 recommend IT, aud so far belle VI
q tha' given general satisfaction.
e JOHN LOCKE.
s Medical College Of Ohio. Angust %. 1870
BE- The article prepared by " Dumas wa
made IN tho laboratory without reference TO cost al
sUlutel, purp-oct S-fr