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noun • English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703) | ||||||||
| 41% | 7 | A surname associated with the 17th-century English physicist and inventor | ||||||
noun • English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536) | ||||||||
| 38% | 7 | 17th-century Dutch mathematician and physicist | ||||||
noun • Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695) | ||||||||
English Physicist 17Th Century Crossword Clue
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HOOKE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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