The Enlightenment. Last Names Mostly.

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  1. 3. Created the "steam digester," also known as the pressure cooker. Created the cylinder and piston steam engine
  2. 4. Has a law about air pressure named after him
  3. 5. The last name of the man who wrote "Leviathan"
  4. 9. The first person to observe bacteria and red blood cells using microscopes
  5. 11. Did the key and kite experiment. Invented bifocals and the lightning rod
  6. 12. "Separation of Powers" from this thinker
  7. 13. Discovered how the body circulates blood via the heart
  8. 16. Proved the sun was at the center of our solar system, not the earth
  9. 17. Atheist. Wrote "Candide"
Down
  1. 1. Determined the sun was at the center of our solar system, not the earth
  2. 2. Defined the law of the conservation of mass, stating that energy could neither be created or destroyed
  3. 5. Solved the "Longitude problem" and created the marine chronometer
  4. 6. The Father of Modern Economics
  5. 7. Created the world's first vaccine, specifically for smallpox
  6. 8. Discovered gravity and the laws of motion
  7. 10. Improved the steam engine greatly
  8. 14. Said that people were born good
  9. 15. Greatly influenced the ideas of the Founding Fathers of America