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BEAUFORTWho (Sir Francis ___) devised a scale of wind speed? (8)
PITMANWho (Sir Isaac ___) devised a system of shorthand? (6)
DEWARWhich Scotsman (Sir James ___) devised the vacuum flask? (5)
ELOPhysicist Arpad ____ devised the rating system used in chess
SCOVILLEPharmacist who devised a scale based on the measurement of the pungency or spiciness of chillies (8)
LIGHTAIRWind registering number 1 on the Beaufort scale of wind force (5,3)
PALGRAVESir Francis ___, historian born in 1788 whose son published the influential Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics in 1861 (8)
STORMA tempest accompanied by a gale of force 10, according to the grading of wind speeds devised by Sir Francis Beaufort during his time as a naval hydrographer (5)
BLIZZARDHeavy snowstorm characterized by wind speeds exceeding 35 mph (8)
BEAUFORTSCALEA gauge of wind speed named after an Irish rear admiral in the Royal Navy (8,5)
ANEMOMETRYThe measuring of wind speed and direction
DEREKOne in a series of actors playing the villainous The Master in Doctor Who, Sir ... Jacobi
GALTONSir Francis ___ (1822-1911), English scientist and cousin of Charles Darwin who founded the field of eugenics (6)
CALMA reading of zero on the Beaufort scale, indicating a wind speed of less than 1 mph (4)
NEWTONWho (Sir Isaac ___) is noted particularly for his law of gravitation? (6)
GIELGUDWho (Sir John ___) was awarded a BAFTA for his part in television's Brideshead Revisited? (7)
FUCHSWho (Sir Vivian ___) led the Antarctic expedition that included Sir Edmund Hillary? (5)
APPLEBYWho (Sir Humphrey ___) did Nigel Hawthorne play in TV's Yes, Minister? (7)
ISSIGONISWho (Sir Alec ___) designed the Morris Minor and Mini? (9)
BACONSir Francis ___, 1561-1626, philosopher and scientist who was Attorney General and Lord Chancellor for James I (5)