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VERNIERSmall movable graduated scale named after a French mathematician (7)
CELSIUSTemperature scale named after a Swedish astronomer, d. 1744 (7)
RANKINEOf which scale, named after a Scottish physicist and based on the Fahrenheit degree, does 491.67 equ
CAPOSmall movable bar fitted across the fingerboard of a fretted instrument to change the pitch of all the strings; Italian, 'head stop' (4)
THROWsmall, movable rug
PALLETSmall movable platform
REAUMURTemperature scale founded in 1730 and named after a French naturalist (7)
PRALINENut confection named after a French duke who inspired his chef to invent it; or, a chocolate filled with said nutty sweetmeat or with fondant (7)
COULOMBUnit of electric charge named after a French physicist (7)
LEOTARDTight-fitting garment named after a French acrobat
LECLERCTank named after a French W.W. II general
STLOUISNamed after a French king, Missouri's 'Gateway to the West' (2,5)
AMPERESSI units of electric current named after a French physicist who was one of the founders of electrody
UNCOUTHCoarse youngster loses head after a French chapter (7)
KELVINThermodynamic temperature scale named after Scottish engineer and physicist William Thomson (6)
FAHRENHEITTemperature scale named after German physicist (10)
CHARLESRICHTERSeismologist with an earthquake-measuring scale named after him: 2 wds.
CORIOLISFORCECause for Northern Hemisphere winds to rotate clockwise, named for a French mathematician
SAINTEXUPERYAirport at Lyon, named after a French writer/aviator (5-7)
CHANTILLYLACEA delicate handmade fabric named after a French town (9,4)