Camphene

Camphene, or CAMPHILENE, is an artificial variety of camphor obtained from turpentine, by acting thereon with the dry vapour of hydrochloric acid, and keeping the whole at a low temperature by immersing the vessel in a freezing mixture. A solid substance is produced, which separates in white crystalline prisms, and has the taste and agreeable aromatic smell of common natural camphor. The name Camphene has, however, a wider signification, being applied to the whole class of oils isomeric with turpentine, of which the best known are the oils of bergamot and lemon.