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Excerpt from Dictionnaire Universel des Arts Et Metiers Et de l'Economie Industrielle Et Commerciale, Vol. 4: Contenant l'Exposition des Procedes Unites dans les Manufactures, les Ateliers d'Industrie Et les Arts Et Metiers
Gelatine. On a donne ce nom a une substance animale qui mise en dissolution dans l'eau a l'aide de la chaleur, se prend en une masse tremblante parle refroidissement; elle peut solidifier ainsi plus de cinquante fois son poids d'eau a la temperature de Ic degres nu-dessus de zero.
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