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Friday, 22 August 2014

Ørsted`s observation

Ø   Ørsted noticed a compass needle deflected from magnetic north when an electric current from a battery was switched on and off, confirming a direct relationship between electricity and magnetism On 21 April 1820.

Ø   According to its his initial interpretation the magnetic effect create from all the side the electric wire.

Ø     After three years he published his finding which is show that an electric current produces a circular magnetic field as it flows through a wire.

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