Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist, 1851. Artist: Unknown

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Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist, 1851. Oersted (1777-1851) discovered that electric current has an effect on a magnetic needle, the discovery that led to the development of the theory of electromagnetism.

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