425 



Fig. 3. 

 Imbibition of dried gelatin in water. The ordinate marks 

 how many grams of water 1 gram of gelatin has absorbed. 

 On the abscissa the time. 



TABLE IV. 



Influence of the temperature on the velocity with which gelatin imbibes water. 

 Quantity of water which 1 gr. of gelatin has absorbed. 



At temperatures below 30° a constant state i« reached as well as 

 for temperatures above 30°; there is, however, a great diflference 

 between these cases; above 30° the final state is a uniform distri- 



