See also:

• LITMUS (apparently a corruption of lacmus, Dutch lacmoes, lac, lac, and moes, pulp, due to association with " lit," an obsolete word for dye, colour; the Ger. equivalent is Lac/emus, Fr tournesol)

LITMUS (apparently a corruption of lacmus, Dutch lacmoes, See also:

• LAC

lac, lac, and moes, pulp, due to association with " lit," an obsolete word for dye, See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour; the Ger. See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent is Lac/emus, Fr tournesol)  , a colouring See also:

• MATTER

matter which occurs in See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of small See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue tablets, which, however, consist mostly, not of the pigment proper, but of See also:

• CALCIUM [symbol Ca, atomic weight 40.0 (o= x6)]

calcium carbonate and sulphate and other matter devoid of tinctorial value . See also:

• LITMUS (apparently a corruption of lacmus, Dutch lacmoes, lac, lac, and moes, pulp, due to association with " lit," an obsolete word for dye, colour; the Ger. equivalent is Lac/emus, Fr tournesol)

Litmus is extensively employed by chemists as an See also:

• INDICATOR (from Lat. indicare, to point out)

indicator for the detection of See also:

• FREE

free acids and free alkalis . An aqueous infusion of litmus, when exactly neutralized by an See also:

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

acid, exhibits a See also:

• VIOLET

violet See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, which by the least trace of free acid is changed to red, while free See also:

• ALKALI

alkali turns it to blue . The reagent is generally used in the form of test See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper—bibulous paper dyed red, See also:

• PURPLE

purple or blue by the respective See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of infusion . Litmus is manufactured in See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland from the same kinds of See also:

• LICHENS

lichens (See also:

• SPECIES

species of Roccella and Lecanora) as are used for the preparation of See also:

• ARCHIL (a corruption of " orchil," Ital. oricello, the origin of which is unknown)

archil (q.v.) .