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Ingenious Mechanisms of Renaissance Genius
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Force by water pressure harnessed in engineering feats
  • 2. Bioluminescent inspiration for obscure lighting contraptions (hint: natural rarity)
  • 3. Instrument multiplying drawings by geometric replication
  • 6. Pertaining to gears and levers in Renaissance contraptions
  • 10. Electric phenomenon named after a pioneering Italian scientist
  • 11. Clockwork figure mimicking life, born from gears and springs
  • 12. Timed precision driving era's intricate temporal devices
  • 14. Celestial sphere model aiding early astronomers' gaze
  • 16. Small cubes forming mosaics, precursors to graphical displays
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  • 4. Mechanism triggering sound or motion at appointed intervals
  • 5. Natural rubber newly exploited in Renaissance scientific devices
  • 7. Early devise to detect presence of static electricity
  • 8. Explosive mix that revolutionized warfare and siegecraft
  • 9. Carbonic gas generator fueling obscure chemical experiments
  • 13. Printed book from dawn of movable type technology
  • 15. Ancient architect whose treatises inspired Renaissance machines
  • 17. Device mapping stars’ paths for navigation and astrology
  • 18. Science of lenses enabling far-seeing inventions

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