Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering . Camphene lampt.—It is only within the last few years that oil of turpentine or camphene has beensuccessfully introduced into general use as a source of illumination ; and it is by applying the principleof the solar cone in an extended manner that this highly carbonaceous substance can be completely andconveniently consumed. The pure oil is clear, colorless, and very mobile; it has a peculiar smell and aburning taste. Its specific gravity is 086 to 087. The commercial oil is frequently adulterated withresin, which rais
Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering . Camphene lampt.—It is only within the last few years that oil of turpentine or camphene has beensuccessfully introduced into general use as a source of illumination ; and it is by applying the principleof the solar cone in an extended manner that this highly carbonaceous substance can be completely andconveniently consumed. The pure oil is clear, colorless, and very mobile; it has a peculiar smell and aburning taste. Its specific gravity is 086 to 087. The commercial oil is frequently adulterated withresin, which raises the specific gravity, and which increases in quantity when the oil is exposed, in con-sequence of the absorption of oxygen from the air. When pure, the oil boils at 312°, and contains nooxygen, but consists of: 88-46 carbon. 11-54 hydrogen. 100-A glance at the composition of this eubstance, containing so large an amount of carbon, shows that LAMPS. 179 it must be a powerfully illuminating body, if proper modes can be adopted of supplying a sufficientquantity of oxyg
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