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More Scientific Stuff ! Crossword Puzzle

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A selection of clues associated mainly with branches of science. Some answers are well known, others may be more challenging.
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      8. A curve similar in shape to the rising and falling path of something thrown into the air (8)
      9. The teeth of mammals used for chewing and grinding food (6)
      10. A form of radiation used to diagnose medical conditions within the body (1-3)
      11. Reflects light and has a milky iridescence (10)
      12. Chest pains caused by insufficient oxygen reaching the heart (6)
      14. Flaps on the edge of airplane wings providing lateral balance (8)
      15. Of an organism requiring the presence of molecular oxygen to sustain life (adjective) (7)
      17. A white platinum metal discovered by chemist Smithson Tennant (7)
      20. A bowl shaped strainer used to drain or rinse foods (8)
      22. Franz Anton ___, German physician who advocated treating diseases with hypnotism (6)
      23. Optical instruments which make distant objects appear closer and larger (10)
      24. Niels ___, Danish physicist awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922 (4)
      25. A sound system that has two or more speakers (6)
      26. A dark volcanic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava (8)

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      1. Joseph-Louis ___, French mathematician noted for his work on harmonics (8)
      2. English chemist and inventor, after whom a miners safety lamp was named (4)
      3. Circle of light seen around the Moon (6)
      4. English physicist who discovered electromagnetic induction, Michael ___ (7)
      5. The rotating disc of a centrifugal pump or compressor (8)
      6. Terminals through which electric currents pass between parts of electric circuits (10)
      7. American nuclear physicist who shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1980, James ___ (6)
      13. In geometry solid figures having 20 faces (plural) (10)
      16. A component in an electrical circuit that introduces inductance (8)
      18. Ducts that convey urine from the bladder of mammals (plural)(8)
      19. An element and noble gas related to Superman's planet! (7)
      21. Folds of the peritoneum supporting abdominal structures (plural) (6)
      22. Use incorrectly or improperly (6)
      24. The entire physical structure of a human being (4)