| VICTA | Mr Mervyn Richardson revolutionised Australian backyards with his invention of this rotary driven mo |
| FAHRENHEIT | Scientific instrument maker and physicist who devised a temperature scale to go with his invention of the mercury-in-glass thermometer (10) |
| BICYCLE | Scots blacksmith, Kirkpatrick Macmillan is associated with the invention of this (7) |
| PROPELLER | Like an underwater fan, this rotary apparatus gets a motorboater going |
| CHINA | The Four Great Inventions of this ancient culture are the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printi |
| EASTMAN | Founder of the Kodak camera empire based on his invention of the roll of film negative, George ... (7) |
| OTIS | His invention of a safety brake for his elevators made the high-rise building safe and practicable, |
| WILSON | Charles Thomson Rees -; recipient of a Nobel Prize for his invention of the cloud chamber (6) |
| NASMYTH | Artist and engineer best-known for his invention of the steam hammer whose self-portrait in pastel is held by the National Galleries of Scotland (7) |
| NEHRU | Swedish chemist and engineer whose fortune that was accumulated from his invention of dynamite enabled him to institute a series of prizes awarded for outstanding work (5) |
| NOBEL | Chemist who bequeathed the money he accrued from his invention of dynamite to set up a series of awards (5) |
| EDISON | His invention of the direct current electrical generator lost out to the alternating current options of Tesla and Westinghouse, Thomas Alva ... |
| TESLA | Engineer noted for his invention of the first AC motor and work on highfrequencies and vibrations (5) |
| SHOCKEDEVERYONE | Proving his invention of the joy buzzer to be a complete success, Adams ___ |
| BENTLEY | E.C., English journalist noted for his invention of the clerihew (7) |
| VOLTA | Italian physicist, born 1745, known for his invention of the battery and discovering methane (5) |
| BUNSEN | German chemist best known for his invention of an adjustable gas burner used in laboratories and for co-discovering caesium and rubidium (6) |
| FRANGIPANE | Named after an Italian marquis or his invention of a plumeria-based fragrance for scenting gloves, a rich almond-vanilla pastry cream, used as a filling for a Bakewell tart, galette des rois or other |
| DAYS | Durations of 24 Hours, right out of backyards |
| LESLIE | Chap making a name by showing his invention to the French? (6) |
