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The group of sciences (excluding biology and chemistry) which treat of the phenomena, and the laws governing the phenomena associated with matter in general. It therefore treats of:
matter, its constitution and properties
mechanics, which includes statics and dynamics, and treats of the action of forces on material bodies
acoustics, which treats of the phenomena of sound and its laws, etc.
heat, which treats of the effects produced by the force of the form of energy known as heat
optics, which treats of all connected with the phenomena of sight
electricity and magnetism, which treat of the agency of electricity and phenomena caused by it, and of the laws of magnetic force
Among those who have made important contributions to the science are:
CATHOLICS
Ampere, Andre Marie
Babinet, Jacques
Beccaria, Giovanni Battista
Becquerel, Antoine Cesar
Becquerel, Antoine Henri
Branley, Edward
Coulomb, Charles Augustin
Delany, Patrick Bernard
Fizeau, Armand Hippolyte Louis
Foucault, Jean Bernard Leon
Fraunhofer, Joseph van
Fresnel, Augustin-Jean
Galilei, Galileo
Galvani, Luigi
Gramme, Zenobe Theophile
Grimaldi, Francesco Maria
Hay, Ren Just
Mariotte, Edme
Matteucci, Carlo
Melloni, Macedonio
Nobili, Leopoldo
Regnault, Victor
Torricelli, Evangelista
Volta, Alessandro
OTHER CHRISTIAN PHYSICISTS
Boyle, Robert
Brewster, David
Faraday, Michael
Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand van
Hertz, Heinrich Rudolf
Huygens, Christian
Joule, James Prescott
Maxwell, James Clerk
Mayer, Julius Robert
Newton, Isaac
Oersted, Hans Christian
Ohm, Georg Simon
Rankine, W. J. Macquom
Siemens, Werner von
Stokes, George Gabriel
Strutt, John William
Thompson, Benjamin
Thompson, William
Young, Thomas
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