By a small apparatus a stick of naphthaline is attached to the burner so as to be slowly vaporized.— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.
A good deal can be done to keep "worms" away by using such substances as camphor or naphthaline in the bookcase.— Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians
But he did not know the bitter fountain of despondency whence flowed those naphthaline streams of passion.— Julian Home
Camphor is followed by naphthaline.— The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles
Of pungent naphthaline to scare— Georgian Poetry 1920-22
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