LA Times Crossword
September 6, 2013
Steve Blais

What do the following words have in common?

COIL
DISH
STRIP
SCALE
COUNTER

Answers:

Each word is the name of an invention, when preceded by the last name of its inventor:

TESLA COIL
PETRI DISH
MOEBIUS STRIP
RICHTER SCALE
GEIGER COUNTER