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This man introduced a temperament system based on three sets of perfect fifths with each set increasingly narrower from just intonation. William Jones’ study of Sanskrit and this man’s knowledge of Latin (15[1])and Greek inspired him to coin the term “Indo-European languages.” Rules named for Clark and Fried replaced a rule this man devised for determining pediatric dosage based on age. This man was the first to propose a relationship between the pulse wave velocity of the blood and the (*) stiffness of the arterial walls. (-5[1])This man raced Jean-François Champollion to be the first to translate the Rosetta stone. This “last man who knew (10[1])everything” proposed a formula for the contact angle and derived an equation describing capillary pressure with Pierre-Simon Laplace. For 10 points, name this man who “defied Newton” by proving the wave nature of light in his namesake double slit experiment. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Thomas Young [accept Young double-slit experiment; accept Young-Laplace equation]
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