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HO.'VOX COLLEGE STELUS.irs of Toil To his sovcr-oi that the Church iti •st igat ion. Moreov 01 ** far m*»rv devoted to has Iecn handed dm\ n* divided the work ofto t he performance oflie second to gratuitous to the 4ud\ of a st rlt; *n--I' the argument often e himself to scientific ian.m the Catholic t Turehfor heresy. The oft-*rt.iired in life old age. lings heretical, is too he Church appeals togc. and Idstorv pr*n eThe greatest non-the accusation, Leib-eniatician, (iui/ot. the i. the German Biblical crman historians, and an extended study of md then general connate to which he pro-obstinate contumacy,*fe a wayward son of ost dev oted to her, anddecisive refutation of esv. Il would appear;torv is adhered to so *■e anxious to have theI astronomer, Kepler, is actually condemnedIYoU-stanl theological le he discovered that of circular, as believednget that Kepler liedthe protection *»f themade the first standard catalogue of the stars; Father Scccln* the late lamented Italian Jesuit, who has shown its thephysical constituents of the sun; and numerous others, among whom we might mention Cassini. Gasseiidi. 1 e Vico, Castelli,I - i . ‘2Bianchini, Boscovich and Maraidi.In all other branches of science the Church has been prominent. Chronology was brought to its present high state of perfection by Pope Gregory' XIII, who gave the world one of the most practical blessings of science, when he made the Gregorian calendar, which is now almost universally accepted.In geography, the oldest and most highly developed of the sciences, Catholics have been the pioneers. The names of Cosmos Imlicopteustes. Carpino, Aweliu* Marco Polo, Columbus, Magellan, Gama, Vespucci and De Soto form but asmall portion of those Catholic discoverers and explorers whose fault will last as long as history itself. The science of mechanic is indebted to Galileo for the establishment of its fundamental laws, which were clearh stated bv him, and of which the entire science is -amply the development, \«m-Cath«»lics have ottlv helped t« developo the science, and. although their work deserves great praise, it is of far less importance* than the work of Galileo. Foremost among those who have helped in the developement of mechanics are theCatholic Descartes, Torricelli. Castelli. Viviani. Borelli, lt;ia*-sendi. Me^cnne. Renedetti. Cauchv, PiccolominL Grimaldi.*and Mariotte, In mathematics Catholic names ate eminent. We have Descartes, Cauchv, Viete, Motige. Chasles, Biot, XolleL. Pascal, Copernicus. Regiomontanus. Galileo, Reisch, Puisieux and Lesiieur, The [estiits had many celebratedV ..Vmathematicians, foremost among whom were Boscovich. Maco. Riccati. and Moigno. Main of the names already mentioned are 1am. an in the histories of acoustics, optics and thermoties. The greatest name in the science of optics is that of Fresnel, a pious Catholic, and in therm* »tics the first place belongs to another Catholic, lean Baptiste Joseph Fourier.We hope to continue our investigations in another paper, hut enough has been said to show the high position a 1 wavsheld in matter^ scientific In Catholics, and how unfair it is to**assert that we are opposed to scientific investigation,—Xavier, 9QJ\
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Boston Stylus
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Tue, Jan 01, 1895
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