Replica of Oersted's experimental apparatus
date: label: date made
content: 1957
name: label: associated user
content: unknown
label: associated person
content: Oersted, Hans Christian
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Replica of Oersted's 1820 experiment showing a current-carrying conductor will deflect a magnetic needle.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In 1820, Hans Christian Oersted of Denmark, found that there was a relationship between electricity and magnetism. He discovered that a wire carrying an electric current would exert a force upon a magnet. Oersted found that if a magnet needle were placed near a wire, an electrical current would make the needle turn at right angles to the wire.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Model Shop, Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.315045
label: catalog number
content: 315045
label: accession number
content: 215726
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Experimental Apparatus
label: Object Name
content: electromagnetism demonstration
label: Other Terms
content: Experimental Apparatus; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 8 in x 5 in; 13.97 cm x 20.32 cm x 12.7 cm