Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-11-02

n IGHT-The Wheeling Camphine Company /
N 4 having received a supply OF webbs Cam /
phine oil and Lamps, is now ready TO furnish the 1
citizens OF Wheeling. with the best light n all re-
sPeeis which has 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 ut Cincinnati. as to the
superiority OF the article for light
The Store Of the Camphine Company is on wale,
street, a few doors above the stage office where
| the light may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. b. +. SANBORNE, Principal Agent.
MR. GAY, Agent for A. " H. Ws56 Of Neup York.
Having called on me for my opinion with regard
TO The use oi CamPhine. for the purposes Of artificial
/ Illumination, have. after examining the subject
embodied the following information:
!. Nature Of Camghias Camphine is a pro.imat.
vegetable principle discovered somo years since.
by Dumas, OF Paris. IL is mostly procured from
sPiri,soi Turpentine. and 10 in fact "a very pure
essence o. Turpentine." "a is capable Of combining
with Other substances. aud fbeng separated again
from Them without being changed in its qualities
IL has therefore. like pure Alcohol and Ether.
permanent and distinct nature as chymical sub
stance IL Is eololess, limpid moderately volatile
aud eombusiible. IN the same manner ns spirits Of
Turpeniine, but IL is not explosive. Camphor diff.
es ironCamphine only in containing oxygene, hence
the name OF Camphine OF basis of Camphor
III Economical useof Camphiae for the purposes
o Of illumination. My opinion in favor Of the use Of
Comphne for lights, fully expressed in nv Ice.
lures last winter, and no cause for chang ing
! that opinion The circumstances which recon-
!, mend 1t, are fDlows:
! l. IL can be furnished in abundance and at a
n moderate price.
: ,. II affords light more brilliant than any other
= substance hitherto proposed for common use
. 5. leis safe, ia no way explosive, drops no Gro
n from the wick. and leaves no fire upon IL.
Is IL IS clearly. leaves no grease marks. and il
spilled on clothes furniture, cvapoates entirely
T. like Alcohol.
Ell s. II endures any natural degree Of cold without
;. becoming 10 the least csngealed.
10 b. The lamps once in order. need snufline
~ or raising Of the wick. but merely require TO be
Of kept clean. and TO be Gllcd often as they burn
y themselves empty
Remark. The CamPhins 10y exposure 10 the air
Il may; ailer some months keeping. become a httl,
~ deteroraed, and begin TO form a black crust OF
the wick. The article under these circumstance
Is not spoiled, but only requires re-dslllaiion b,
a the manufacturer. 10 be Rsperfcci at iirst
10 Ill. Experiments 10 determine The coHlvdraiir
i, economy Of CamPhire and Sperm Oh for WSmiHa
August %. 1910. Having filled Fountain Ar
&C gand Lamp with measured quantity Of the hes
III Sperm Oil and one of Webb's Patent Camphn,
Lamps, with a measured qsantity Of Webbs Cam
Is phine; lighted them simultaneously, and measure,
m The quantity of light afforded by each every twenty
We minutes. for two hours, and finally measuring Ih
a residual quantity Of Oil and CamphiBe, determine,
n The funntity OF each consumed. From these data
calculated the proportion of each substance neces
q. snry TO afford equal light The result. was. tha
" Is parts Of Camphine equal in illuminalin;
al power TO 100 parts Of Oil, by measure Allowing
both substances to be of equal price by the gallon
g there would be saving Of more Than one. half 10
- using The Camphne. Some idea Of the supero
of brillancy OF the light from the Camphine may b.
~ formed from the fact that in the above experiment
- although The diameter OF the two flames was NJ
&c very different the being scveneightls and III
~ other nne-oghihs of inch; yet the light from lh
~ OIL was TO that from the Camphne only as 10 @
m the Camphne giving than three Times as muc l
i. ghl as The Oil
". Pecul,arites an The combustion Of Caapkine
: ~ Wells PdicEt Burners &c. &c.
-. When Camphine ~ burned ia the unmOdif fled opel
, air consumes with much black smoke like spirit
I'd Of Turpentine, but with thin flame and u curren
Of OF air at certain velocity. particle Of smok
:. appears The construction Of The Camphne Lam
~ for IFS oil ject the above conditions.
Mr. Gay has shown me one Of Mr. Webb's Pat
sni Camphins Burners, with "circular wick" be
tween two "cOaical" sOnCentrck plates, which
elegant IN form. and answers the purposes of
;. less combustion completely. Nj. Gay has also show
y, me sample Of The Camphine, manufactured byhII
- Webt of New York, according to hrs patent me
Sc thos II seems TO to have all of the propeiie
al OF the Camphino Of Dumas and afforded very 81
penor lighI, appears from the foregoing expert
= ment.
. The OF Campfire for the purposes Of rllumi
nation Is not a project, but has The experience,
a Of some wears to recommend IT, and so far believo
. II hal given general satisfaction.
y JOHN LOCKE.
Medical College of Ohio, August 20, 1910.
lr Tho article as prepared by NJ Dumas. wa
e made IN the laboratory without reference TO cost ab
y so!utel purs.-oet S-iE