Famous Scientists (FI+LN) Crossword Puzzle
July 26, 2015

This Famous Scientists crossword puzzle took a long time to make because of all the names that I managed to squeeze into the matrix. The way this one works is the person's first initial and completely spelled-out last name, indicated by (FI+LN) in the clue, is used as the answer. For instance, filter transfer function developer Stephen Butterworth would be written as SBUTTERWORTH. There are at least sixteen names here There are at least sixteen names here with which you should be familiar. Good luck!

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acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words

Note: A standard for crossword puzzles is when all words in a clue are capitalized, the solution is the abbreviation or acronym for that clue; e.g., Alternating Current = AC.

ACROSS DOWN
1. Electrical industry pioneer and back of Tesla's AC distribution system (FI+LN)

9. The Microwave Office software company now owned by National Instruments (abbr.)

10. Facsimile

12. Chemical symbol for tin

14. Ultraviolet (abbr.)

15. Bell Labs engineer who devised the equivalent circuit model named after him (FI+LN)

19. Weight (abbr.)

20. Chemical symbol for niobium

21. Stock symbol for Hewlett Packard

23. Common gateway interface (abbr.)

24. Logical negation operator

26. A common battery cell size

27. High voltage pioneer (FI+LN)

29. Mr. de Forest's first name

32. Rechargeable battery type (abbr., pl.)

34. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)

36. _____-Doppler radar

38. Unit of length equal to 5.5 yards

40. A measure of receiver quality (abbr.)

41. Space or ____, in digital transmission

42. UMTS terrestrial radio access (abbr.)

43. Morse Code for "from"

44. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)

45. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.)

47. Mate to a bolt

49. Early computer display screen resolution (abbr.)

51. System for guiding aircraft (abbr.)

52. Constellation : The lion

53. Part of a FOR loop

54. Chemical symbol for bromine

56. Chemical symbol for polonium

57. Morse Code for "from"

59. Scientist after whom the unit of resistance is named (FI+LN)

60. Electrical device for registering shaft positions

61. Integrated Services Digital Network (abbr.)

62. Logarithmic ratio (abbr.)

63. Chemical symbol for lanthanum

64. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

65. Chemical symbol for strontium

67. Internet address (abbr.)

68. Short for potentiometer

70. Direction of carbon fiber strands

72. Miniature RF connector

73. Test document for verifying proper function (abbr.)

74. Computer communication scheme (abbr.)

75. PC follower

77. Short for terminal

79. Gigantic star in Cetus

80. Chemical symbol for radium

81. Type of memory

83. Mr. Packard's (HP) first name

86. BER, 8 bits at a time

87. Nuclear physicist called the "Father of the Atomic Bomb" (FI+LN)

91. Semiconductor device type (abbr.)

92. Discoverer of self-inductance and the man after whom the unit of inductance is named (FI+LN)

95. Logarithmic unit of ratio (abbr., pl.)

97. Logic family

99. Type of chart

100. Engineering Change Order (abbr.)

102. Chemical symbol for arsenic

103. Chemical symbol for rhodium

105. Telegraph engineer who invented digital communications (FI+LN)

107. Chemical symbol for nobelium

108. Army-Navy specification prefix

109. Switch position

111. Ham's code for "Does my frequency vary?"

112. Ionized trails of meteors used as a reflecting media (2 wds.)

1. The "G" in AWG

2. National Bureau of Standards radio station (time signals)

3. Chemical symbol for erbium

4. Type of logic gate

5. Unit of capacitance (abbr.)

6. Crystal filter type (abbr.)

7. The "E" in EHF

8. Information theory pioneer (FI+LN)

11. One of three people credited with inventing the transistor (FI+LN)

13. Chemical symbol for neptunium

15. Enhanced Graphics Adapter

16. Chemical symbol for nickel

17. Switch position

18. Negation prefix

20. 1e-6 mA

22. Ham's code for "Answer in prearranged order."

23. Chemical symbol for chlorine

25. Semiconductor and calculator company (abbr.)

26. Automatic Send-Receive (abbr.)

28. The "S" in CMOS

29. Chemical symbol for lutetium

30. The "E" in EMF

31. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

33. Super glue

35. Part of this website's title

36. Max or min voltage of a waveform (abbr.)

37. Chemical symbol for europium

39. Opposite of I.D.

44. Geometrical figure that is a parallelogram in which all sides are equal

45. A common battery cell size

46. Chemical symbol for scandium

48. Incandescent light bulb inventor and the bane of 27 Across (FI+LN)

50. Inventor of the telephone (FI+LN)

52. Major U.S. space & communications company

53. Amplifier linearity specification (abbr.)

55. RĂ¡dio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)

56. Peak envelope power (abbr.)

58. Resistive component of a capacitor's lumped element model (abbr.)

66. Discoverer of electromagnetic induction and man after whom unit of capacitance is named (FI+LN)

68. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)

69. Test point (abbr.)

71. The "Father of Wireless Communications" (FI+LN)

76. Part of a FOR loop

78. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

79. Chemical symbol for mendelevium

80. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

82. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc.

84. Sound frequency in the human hearing range (abbr.)

85. Network department (abbr.)

86. 3-phase transformer configuration

88. Type of reconfigurable memory (abbr.)

89. 1/000 of an amp (abbr.)

90. Current-voltage phase mnemonic

92. Popular kind of inventorying methodology (abbr.)

93. Chemical symbol for helium

94. Early atomic model physicist (FI+LN)

96. Filter type that blocks frequencies in a specified band (abbr.)

98. Chemical symbol for terbium

99. Chemical symbol for polonium

101. Chemical symbol for calcium

104. Gary Breed's fine magazine on RF & microwaves topics (abbr.)

106. FCC's Universal Licensing System (abbr.)

107. The design component of total product cost (abbr.)

110. Unit of length (abbr.)

111. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)


See solution below

 

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