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Camphine was the
British trade name of a 19th-century lamp fuel made from
purified spirits of turpentine.
Generally prepared by
distilling turpentine with...
- 1840s
camphine (also
spelled camphene)
became one of the
dominant lamp
fuels in the US. The pine
trees of
North Carolina were well
suited to
camphine production...
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Johnny Camphine or
Camphene (fl. 1860 – 1890) was the
pseudonym of an
American saloon keeper and
underworld figure in New York City
during the mid-to...
- slavery–different from the more
common vision of
slaves in agriculture. By the 1840s
camphine, a
blend of
turpentine and
grain alcohol,
became the
dominant lamp fuel...
- cheaper, more efficient, and longer-lasting kerosene.
Burning fluid and
camphine were the
dominant replacements for
whale oil
until the
arrival of kerosene...
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animal fats (butter, ghee, fish oil,
shark liver,
whale blubber, or seal).
Camphine, made of
purified spirits of turpentine, and
burning fluid, a
mixture of...
- gas
lighting began to
displace candles and
lamps that
burned whale oil,
camphine,
burning fluid (a
blend of
turpentine and alcohol) and kerosene. It predated...
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permitted sea-going
vessels to
survey the
depths of the ocean. It used a
camphine lamp in a gl****
globe that was sunk into the water. The
device allowed...
- time of his death.
Johnny Camphine Camphine ran one of the most
infamous dive bars in the city,
often serving colored camphine or
rectified turpentine oil...
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permitted sea-going
vessels to
survey the
depths of the ocean. It used a
camphine lamp in a gl****
globe that was sunk in the water. The
device allowed examination...
