The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-06-28
For tho rorrysburs JaurnoL
An EXpOSer Exposed.

Enron JOURNAL; IN your issue Of june 81
| notice an article, under the head of" A Ilumbug
Caution, which contains some statements that
think should not be allowed 10 pass uucnrrcctcd.
The object of the writer evidently was good one,
but he should have posted hmsclra little better,
on soms points, before assuming 70 onlighten the
public on mVt,s Of which he displays 50 much
Ignorance.
| have no doubt but the preparation called
Eureka OIL" is a hamhug, because the ntme is
deceptive since there is no oil in the preparation,
as given by Your correspondent, except I e. of
the oil at cedar to a barrel of the prepared fluid
BcnEine is not known claSsedaS am oil by either
chemists, inspectors, or oil dealers, Like "Septa-
line, "Pctrline,' &c, this "Lurcka' IS doubtless
"A iruilcss attpnlpt u convert hcnEiuc into a burn
ing huid. The failure of this attempt however.
o the .uclligunt mad, iSno evidence thata cheapcr
and better light may not be produced from bon.
gin, than that which Is obiainei from cnalo
But | wish specially 60 call attention 10 the
statement OF Nour correspondent that this article
"wiU explode and caGse the death ot hundreds iC
/ 1t should comc into gcaetal use," Without WISHING
/ 20 assume the champion 'hip Of Eureka" dnut
hesitate to assert that it viii not explode although
il is not ht to burn. Benzno is not classod am lng
articles that are eNplo sive, aud chemists will toll
YOU that IL will not explode. n will burn lis very
/ iuhamnnblc but explode it will NOT under amy
ordinary tes, II set on lire il will burn steadily,
]
I that IL not explosion,
The writer also sayst Tho only oils that sro
/ safe tn burn are the coal or rvdned carbon OIL and
/ that is branded will explode at llO degrees 80
Hero he fails into another grave mistake. OH
Inspect have nothing To do or s,y about its ex.
plosive qullltes. They simply test its capacity to
| resist heat before iguiung. They ascertain how
much heat Il Wll stand before Il will take frc, aud
np barrol is vvor branded "wiN cNplale,' tor the
yery gool reason that all persons Nlorm,d on tho
I subject know that coal oil viii not explode, By
heating coal oil gas may he generate that Wi
explode, Just as the heating ot water Will generate
thv steam, which sometimes eNpltdes.
II the people bHlttr undcrst Ol the nature O
coal oll, fewer accidents would Jccur aud much
less damit0 would result from those that might
take place. The old burners those la common
use heat the bowl 81 the lamp aud thus communi
cate heat % She oil. Suicenl heat Is thus co,umu
nicated 10 tho oil 10 cause poor article TO turn
white as milk and ihus heated gas is generated
which may ignite from c6auyd wick b,mg
turned down, Or trum the blowing OF the blaEt
down the uue for the wick. Oil that will stand
Are test % no drsVe- viii MT act thus, bui how
much ut such oil Is IN usv2 OH ot Snilcien
gravity 10 staud that test is too high priced loi
common burning. There are too many ways b,
which the inspection law can ba eValsd tor Il {,
be of any security 70 ,he public against pool
grades ct oil.
now burner has been introduced that l. an
Insurance ngaiusi explosions, because Il Is SO cou
slMcted that it does nni beat the bowl of the LAM
10 ANY extent whatever This burner, therefore
generates n0 gas. 10 also has gas tube bp whicl
IS coayeyed TO tue bla-e aud sumeN, thus AVOID