Gelatig enous

[Fr. gélatine, and Gr. genes thai, to be born.] Producing gelatine. Gelatinate, v . a . To convert into gelatine. -v. n. To be converted into gelatine. Gelatine, (jël'a-tine,) n. [ Fr.gélatine ; L. Lat. gelatin a , from Lat. gelare, gelatus , to freeze, to congeal, from gel a , icy coldne .] ( Chem .) An azotized principle obtained from animal ti ues only. All the solid parts of the animal body yield it when boiled, though it does not appear to exist in a free state in any of them. G. softens and swells in water, but requires heating to di olve it. When the solution cools, it solidifies to a firm jelly, hence the name. It is insoluble in alcohol and ether, and may be precipitated from its aqueous solution by the former. With infusion of galls or tannic acid it gives a whitish insoluble precipitate that is incapable of putrefaction, and forms the basis of leather. See TANNING. It is also precipitated by solution of corrosive sublimate and bichloride of platinum. By continued boiling G. is converted into meta gelatine , which does not gelatinize as the liquid cools. A solution containing 1 per cent. of G. will set on cooling. It is much used for food, but its value as a nutritive has been much questioned. lated from Arabic into Latin by Golius of Leyden, who entitled it Lapis Philosophorum. In 1678 an English translation by Richard Ru ell appeared. It is the oldest chemical treatise known. Gebhard, or GEB'HART, in Indiana, a village of Ca co., about 5 m. N.W. of Logan sport.