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It starts with Hans Christian Oersted deciding to place a compass next to a current carrying conductor. Its such a simple thing but no one had thought of a rea
by yann2 5y ago
It starts with Hans Christian Oersted deciding to place a compass next to a current carrying conductor.
Its such a simple thing but no one had thought of a reason to do such a thing.
What happened to the compass shocked the world and triggered Faradays many beautiful experiments.
- tomnipotent 5y agoAmpere, Volta, Galvani, Ohm - so much of the modern world unfolding in just a few decades of discovery, when people still worked by the light of candles and oil lamps and it could take years for information to travel.