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Oersted

noun
1.
The magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole.
2.
Danish physicist (1777-1851).  Synonym: Hans Christian Oersted.






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"Oersted" Quotes from Famous Books



... highest merits, had he never done anything else. This was his discovery of the means for developing electricity directly from magnetism. It was made on the 29th of August, 1831, and should be regarded as inspired by the great discovery made by Oersted in 1820, of the relations existing between the voltaic pile and electro-magnetism. It was in the same year that Ampere had conducted that memorable investigation as to the mutual attractions and repulsions between circuits through which electric currents are flowing, which resulted ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIV • John Lord



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