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The motto ''Ratio atque usus'' was intended to point to the two aspects of the profession of chemistry — theory and practice, principles and application, knowledge and experience, science and art — and militant scholars still quarrel about the best translation. Julius Caesar, who should have understood the true meaning, used the phrase in his book on the Gallic War, to indicate (military) theory and its practical application.  
The motto ''Ratio atque usus'' was intended to point to the two aspects of the profession of chemistry — theory and practice, principles and application, knowledge and experience, science and art — and militant scholars still quarrel about the best translation. Julius Caesar, who should have understood the true meaning, used the phrase in his book on the Gallic War, to indicate (military) theory and its practical application.  
An earlier proposal showed a retort as the main charge and the chemists Boyle and Priestley as supporters. This idea was never proposed to the College of Arms.
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