Hans Christian Oersted/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Hans Christian Oersted.

(Rudkøbing, August 14, 1777 – Copenhagen, March 9, 1851) A Danish physicist and chemist best known for his discovery of the influence of an electric current on the orientation of a compass needle.