Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

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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
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:
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