Gelignite t, also known as blasting gelatin or simply jelly, is an explosive material consisting of collodion-cotton (a type of nitrocellulose or gun cotton) dissolved in either nitroglycerine or nitroglycol and mixed with wood pulp and saltpetre (sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate). It was invented in 1875 by Alfred Nobel, who had also invented ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelignite
gellynoun a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974