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[Lat. Gall ( ia )=Gaul; o connective, and Eng. mania (q. v.).] A mania for or exce ive love of French fashions, customs, literature, . găl-lon, *gal-on, *gal-one, *gal-oun, *gal-un, 8. [O. Fr. gallon , jallon , jalon , from Low Lat. galona a gallon.] A measure of capacity for liquid or dry goods, generally the former, containing four quarts or eight pints. The standard gallon of this country contains 231 cubic inches, or 58372.1754 grains, or 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at its maximum density, and with the barometer at 30 inches. This is equal to the old English wine gallon. The beer gallon contains 282 cubic inches, and the old corn gallon 268.6 cubic inches. "Fresh water comes out of the rocks; but so slowly, that it yields not above forty gallons in twenty-four hours."Dampier: Voyages (1682). IMG:content-0291.png:[blocks in formation] the solution mixed with exce of slightly acid ammonium acetate, then H2S gas is pa ed through the liquid; the filtered acetic solution is diluted with water, and heated to boiling, whereby the greater part of the gallium is precipitated as oxide; weak minds or low educations."- Add is on : Spectator , No. this precipitate is filtered off hot, washed with 15. boiling water, and redi olved in sulphuric acid, and the solution mixed with a slight exce of IMG:content-0292.png:[blocks in formation] găl-lin-sec-ta, s . pl . [Lat. gall a =an oak-apple, a gall-nut, and insect a , pl. of insectum an insect.] Entom.: A tribe of Homoptera, consisting of the family Coccide (q.v.). [GALL-INSECTS.]