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LANGLEYAstronomer who invented the bolometer and contributed towards the design of early aircraft (7)
HERBERTHumorist who wrote for Punch and contributed towards the reform of several divorce laws (7)
GELLMANNNobel Prize-winning physicist who proposed the concept of strangeness in quarks and contributed towards the classification of elementary particles (4-4)
HALEGeorge Ellery -; astronomer who invented the spectroheliograph (4)
TRIPLANEFlight path of early aircraft (8)
GALILEOForename of the discoverer of the isochronism of a pendulum who improved upon the design of the refracting telescope to observe the four largest moons of Jupiter (7)
LOCKYERHelium discoverer who founded the journal Nature; his loan collection contributed towards the establishment of the Science Museum (7)
CHAUCERAuthor whose poem The Parliament of Fowls is said to have contributed towards the tradition of Valentine's Day (7)
SCHEELECarl Wilhelm -; chemist who contributed towards the discovery of oxygen (7)
CELSIUSAnders ---, 19th Century Swedish astronomer who invented and gave his name to a scale of temperature (7)
BIPLANEEarly aircraft with two pairs of wings (7)
ALERTEDWarned about the design of treadle (7)
AXOLOTLSalamander planned to be added to the design of Mexico's 50-peso note by 2022
DAVYCornish chemist whose invention of a firedamp safety lamp decreased the number of fatalities of miners and contributed to the progression of the industrialisation of Britain (4)
YOUNGPolymath who contributed towards the wave theory of light (5)
THORNDIKEPsychologist whose study of the learning ability of hungry cats to escape from his "puzzle box" invention contributed towards our understanding of how habits are formed and his "law of effect" (9)
ANDERSCELSIUS19th-Century Swedish astronomer who invented and gave his name to a scale of temperature (6,7)
SYMONSSymbolist poet who was part of the Rhymers' Club and contributed to The Yellow Book(6)
EINSTEINScientist whose Annus Mirabilis papers contributed towards the foundation of modern physics (8)
HESSGeologist whose theories on seafloor spreading contributed towards the understanding of plate tectonics (4)