GLYCERINE See also:

• GLYCERINE GLYCERIN

GLYCERIN  or GLYCEROL (in See also:

• PHARMACY

pharmacy Glycerinum) (from Gr. y)uK('s, sweet), a trihydric See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol; trihydroxypropane, See also:

• C3H5(OH)2
• C3H5(OH)3+3(C10H31O2)H

C3H5(OH)3 . It is obtainable from most natural fatty bodies by the See also:

• ACTION

action of alkalis and similar reagents, whereby the fats are decomposed, See also:

• WATER

water being taken up, and See also:

• GLYCERIN, GLYCERINE

glycerin being formed together with the alkaline See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt of some particular See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid (varying with the nature of the See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat) . Owing to their See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of this See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• PROPERTY

property, these natural fatty bodies and various artificial derivatives of glycerin, which behave in the same way when treated with alkalis, are known as glycerides . In the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• PROCESS

process of See also:

• SOAP

soap-making the glycerin remains dissolved in the aqueous liquors from which the soap is separated . Glycerin was discovered in 1779 by K . W . See also:

• SCHEELE, KARL WILHELM (1742-1786)

Scheele and named Olsuss (principe dour See also:

• DES

des hulks—Sweet principle of See also:

• OILS (adopted from the Fr. oile, mod. huile, Lat. oleum, olive oil)

oils), and more fully investigated subsequently by M . E . See also:

• CHEVREUL, MICHEL EUGENE (1786-1889)

Chevreul, who named it glycerin, M . P . E .