Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-08-14

s. lGlfr-The Wheeling C~amphme Company
= having received n sgpply OF Webb's Cam
phiTrr oil and Lamps, is now ready To furnish tho
citizens OF Wheeling. with the hest light IN all re-
sPocis which has ever been offered To the public.
Annexed Is the resul, of the analysis of the Cam
phtne 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 C~amphine Company Is on water
street n lew doors above the stage office, where
ihe night may be seen nightly. Sales are for cash
only. BIZ. SANBORNE. Principal Agent.
Ma. GAY, Agent for A. v H. WEBB. Of Ncp YORK..
Having called on me for my opinion with regard
10 The use OF Camphine, for the purposes Of artificial
illumination, | have. after examining The subject.
embodied the following information:
L. Nature 81 CaMptjRo. C~amphino is n proSimaie
vegetable principle. discovered some years since,
by Dumas, OF Paris. Ii is mostly procured from
sPirdsoi Turpcntinc, and is in fact "a very pure
essen'e OF Turpentne." IL is capable OF combining
with ouhei substances. and ofbeiug separated again
from them without being changed in its qualities.
IL has therefore. like pure Alcohol and Ether. a
permanent and distinct nature as a chymical sub.
stance. II Is colo'less, limPij, moderately volatile
aud cOmbustiblc. in the same manner as sn,rits of
Irrpeniine. but II Is not explosive. Camphor dill.
ers iroSiCamphIne only ia containing Cxygene, hence
the hume of Camphine, or basis of Camphor.
IL Economical Hscof Cauphine for he purposes
q HRr,"sdtoH. My opinion in favor of the use of
~ hilAA-s WIS llilN expressed m INV lee
tut'slast winter. and | sec no cause for changing
that opinion The circumstances which recon-.
mend a., are rs fellows:
i. IL can be furnished in abundance. and at a
moderate price.
II affords a light more brilliant than any Other
substance hitherto proposed for common use.
d. IL Is safe. IN no way explosive, drops no fire
from the wick, and leaves no fire upon il.
q IL Is cicanIy. leaves no grease marks, and /
spiIIcd on clothes or furniture, cyaporares entirely
like Alcohol.
! .. IL endurcs any natural degree of cold wiihou
h becoming IA The least congealed.
- q. The lamps once in order. need no snunip,
4 or raising of the wick, bui merely require 10 b,
u kept clean, and to be filled as often as they bur
% themselves empty.
Remark. The C~amYhine by exposure 10 tho ali
mays alter some months keeping, become a liul
ueterioraied, aud begin 10 form a black crust OF
p me WICK. The article under these circumstance
Is not spoiled, bat only requires rehabilitation b.
'he manufacturer. 10 be as perfect as nj first.
jill. Experiments 10 determine he coMparaGr
economy Of C~amPhiHe and Sperm OIL for il1miaG
ton.
AHgusfl7, 1910. Having filed a Fountain Al
gand Lamp with q measured quantity of The be.
Sperm Oil and one of Webb's Patent Camuhjn
I, Lamps, with a measured quantity Of Webb's Can
;, phine;l lighted them simultaneously and measure,
= Tue quantity of light afforded by each every twent
minutes. Tor Two hours, and finally measuring On
'S'N"'i fuahthy OF Ol ahd Oamphine, determine
me quantity Of each consumed. From these data
J. calculated the proportion of each Substance neces
snry TO afford an equal light. The result, was, tina
10 paris OF CamPhine were equal i'm ilIumina,in
power to lOO paris of Oil, 10y measure. Allowin
, both substances 10 be OF equal puCe By the gallon
there would be n saving OF more than one. half b
using the Camphine. Some idea of the superio
brilliancy of The light from The Camphine NAV h
formed from the fact That in the above experimen
although the diameter Of the two flames was no
very different, the one being seyen-eightLs and IN,
oiher nine-eighIhs Of an inch; vet tho light from IN,
OIL was To that from the Camphine only as 3 To 10
The CamPhine giving moro than three lines as mucI
light as he OIL.
~. Peeahacities in Tie combustion Of Camphine
W. WoLG's PaieAt Burners, DC. DC.
When Camphine is burned ia The unmodifed opeI
r "iT, II consumes with much black smoke. like spirit
OF Tnrpentine, but with a Thin flame and "a curren
T oil AR alta certain velocity. moi a particle of smok,
e appears The construction OF the Camphine Lam
: for lis oljeci the above conditions.
MIR. Gay has shown me one of Mr. Webb's PAT
{ en- Camping Burners, with a circular wick" be
Tween mo "eonical' concenirick plates, which j
elegant in form, and answers the purposes of smoke
: less combustion completely. Mr., Gay has also show
we a sample Of The Camphine. manufactured byAIr
Webt Of New York, according To his patent me
4 mod. II seems 10 me 10 have all Of the properties
! Of the C%amphine OF Dumas and afforded a very su
mcnt.
The use Of Campfire for the purposes Of rllumi
hauon Is not a new project. but has the experience
Of some years TO recommend II. and so far, | believe
hhai gwen general satisfaction.
JOHN LOCKE.
lEelical Collage Of Ohio, August %, 1910.
: The article as prepared by M. Dumas. was
made IN The laboratory without reference 10 cost, alb