Lobelius, or de l'Obel, MATTHIAS, 1538-1616

Flemish English botanist. Plant arum seu stirpium hist or i a, 1576; Local Action. Production of small closed circuits in the active electrodes of a galvanic battery, due to the impurities it contains; destroyed by amalgamation. Lobos Islands. Off the Peru coast; valuable for guano. Lobsters. See HOMARUS.