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112 – COSMOS Issue 86
Who Said?
QUESTION
Whose Law?
Decode where o =INSTRUCTIONS
Put the answers to each of the clues in columns
from 1 to 10. Row VII reveals the answer.CLUES AND COLUMNS
1 What is the group of fossil specimens of Homo
erectus discovered in 1929-37 at an excavation
near Beijing? (6,3)
2 What is the photographic process that uses a
surface coated with selenium and draws on a
principal of Chester Carlson? (9)
3 In the plural, what are the larvae of tapeworms
which cause gid in sheep? (7)
4 Mainly consisting of collagen, what is the
organic basis of bone? (6)
5 Which French chemist and bacteriologist is
considered to be the founder of microbiology?
(7)
6 What is anything relating to the interior of the
ear? (7)
7 Which ancient method of transporting water
large distances is still used today? (8)
8 What unit is ten times a gram? (8)
9 What is a creeping spreading skin disease such
as tinea? (7)
10 In meteorology, what is a line on a map
connecting places that at a given time have the
same temperature? (8)HINT:
His hometown was Marshfield, Missouri.
NO.12WHAT BETTER SPOT TO WATCH OUR FABULOUS WORLD IN ACTION
AND ENJOY SCIENCE?
These dapper gentlemen – Nathan Elleman and Colin Carter – were returning
from competing in a car rally from Melbourne to Townsville to raise money for the
Cancer Council of Australia when a detour to Parkes radio telescope provided an
opportunity to good to resist. The duo are taking some reading time on the poop
deck of their vehicle – the Pastafarian Pirate’s Flying Spaghetti Shipbox.
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