Here is a brief, partial overview of what true scientists
were accomplishing in the 18th and 19th centuries.
All of them were Creationists:

• Louis Agassiz (1807-1873): glacial geology, ichthyology.
• Charles Babbage (1792-1871): actuarial tables, calculating machine, foundations of computer science.
• Francis Bacon (1561-1626): scientific method of research.
• Robert Boyle (1627-1691): chemistry, gas dynamics.
• Sir David Brewster (1781-1868): optical mineralogy, kaleidoscope.
• Georges Cuvier (1769-1832): comparative anatomy, vertebrate paleontology.
• Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829): thermokinetics.
• Jean Henri Fabre (1823-1915): entomology of living insects.
• Michael Faraday (1791-1867): electric generator, electromagnetics, field theory.
• Sir John A. Fleming (1849-1945): electronics, thermic valve.
• Joseph Henry (1797-1878): electric motor, galvanometer.
• Sir William Herschel (1738-1822): galactic astronomy, double stars.
• James Joule (1818-1889): reversible thermodynamics.
• Lord William Kelvin (1824-1907): absolute temperature scale, energetics, thermodynamics, transatlantic cable.
• Johannes Kepler (1571-1630): celestial mechanics, ephemeris tables, physical astronomy.
• Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778): classification system, systematic biology.
• Joseph Lister (1827-1912): antiseptic surgery.
• Matthew Maury (1806-1873): hydrography, oceanography.
• James C. Maxwell (1831-1879): electrical dynamics,statistical thermodynamics.
• Gregor Mendel (1822-1884): genetics.
• Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872): telegraph.
• Isaac Newton (1642-1727): calculus, dynamics, law of gravity, reflecting telescopes.
• Blaise Pascal (1623-1662): hydrostatics, barometer.
• Louise Pasteur (1822-1895): bacteriology, biogenesis law, pasteurization, vaccination, and immunization.
• Sir William Ramsey (1852-1916): inert gases, isotropic chemistry.
• John Ray (1827-1705): natural history, classification of plants and animals.
• John Rayleigh (1842-1919): dimensional analysis, model analysis.
• Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866): non-Euclidean geometry.
• Sir James Simpson (1811-1870): chloroform, gynecology.
• Sir George Stokes (1819-1903): fluid mechanics.
• Rudolph Virchow (1821-1902): pathology.