litho fellic

[Gr. lithos =stone; Lat. fel (gen it. fell is )=gall, and Eng. suff. ic.] Obtained from gall stone. lithofellic-acid, s. Chem.: C20H36O4. It occurs as the chief constituent of the intestinal concretions of the Persian goat. It resembles the cholic acids in many respects, and in giving Pellenkofer's reaction. It crystallizes from alcohol in prisms, and melts at 204°. lith-o-frăc-teur, s. [Fr.] Chem .: An explosive substance composed of nitroglycerine, 52 per cent.; infusorial silica and sand, 30 per cent.; carbon, 12 per cent.; NaO NO5, 4 per cent.; sulphur, 2 per cent. Its characteristics, as compared with dynamite, are: (1) Greater sensitivene to temperature, exploding at 120, while dynamite explodes at 190°; (2) greater sensitivene to moisture from the presence of the hygroscopic nitrato of soda; (3) the gases from the explosion always contain carbonic oxide from the carbon in the compound; (4) for equal volumes it has the le explosive power. ( Journal of Applied Chemistry.)