Oersted Compass Needle, 1828
- Made:
- 1828 in London and Charing Cross
- maker:
- Hans Christian Ørsted and Watkins & Hill Watkins & Hill
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LicenseØrsted's [Oersted] apparatus for showing the effect of an
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Ørsted's [Oersted] apparatus for showing the effect of an
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Ørsted's [Oersted] apparatus for showing the effect of an
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Ørsted's [Oersted] apparatus for showing the effect of an
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Ørsted's [Oersted] apparatus for showing the effect of an
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Ørsted's [Oersted] apparatus for showing the effect of an electric current on a magnetic needle, believed to have been supplied for £1-8-0 by Watkins and Hill, Charing Cross, Westminster, 1828.
Hans Christian Oersted was a Danish physicist and chemist who in 1820 discovered the relationship between electricity and magnetism. He found that a magnetised needle moved when brought near a wire in which current was flowing, and that the effect was increased if the wire was formed into a coil. The idea of using this phenomenon as a signalling system soon occurred to several experimenters. This instrument is believed to have been used at lecture demonstrations in London.
Details
- Category:
- Science Teaching
- Object Number:
- 1983-478
- Materials:
- copper, brass, wood (unidentified), steel and complete
- Measurements:
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overall: 305 x 510 x 130 x 130 mm
weight: 0.5kg
weight: 1.10232lbs
weight: 7.52kg
weight: 16.57885lbs
- type:
- scientific instrument
- credit:
- Donated by University College London, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
