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Chemistry

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

(Greek: chymeia)

The science which investigates the composition of matter and the intramolecular and intra-atomic changes which metamorphose its physical properties. It may be divided in general into: inorganic chemistry which is concerned with metallic elements and their compounds; organic chemistry treating of carbon and its compounds; and pure and applied chemistry, according as it deals with the laws regulating chemical action or their practical application. Many Catholics and other Christians have accomplished notable work in the various branches of the science.

Catholics

• Jean Antoine Chaptal
• Michel Eugene Chevreul
• Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire-Deville
• Jean Baptiste Dumas
• Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
• Theophrastus Paracelsus
• Louis Pasteur
• Pierre Joseph Pelletier
• Theophile Jules Pelouze
• Louis Jacques Thénard
• Louis Nicolas Vauquelin

Other Christian Chemists

• Johan Jacob Berzelius
• Robert Boyle
• John Dalton
• Sir Humphry Davy
• Charles Friedel
• Martin Heinrich Klaproth
• Justus von Liebig
• William Henry Perkins
• Joseph Priestley
• William Ramsey
• Ira Remsen
• Christian Friedrich Schonbein
• Charles Adolphe Wurtz