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Danish physicist (1777-1851) who discovered electromagnetism. The unit of magnetic field strength was named the Oersted in his honor. Additionally, he worked on the compressibility of gases and liquids, on diamagnetism, discovered piperine (a pungent component of pepper), and was the first to produce pure aluminium.

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Royal Danish Embassy: H.C. Ørsted Biographical article about the scientist. www.denmarkemb.org/oersted.html

Oersted and the Discovery of Electromagnetism Essay by Frederick Gregory. www.clas.ufl.edu/users/fgregory/oersted.htm

Polytech Photos: Oersted, H.C. Image gallery with biographical comments. www.polytechphotos.dk/index.php?CHGLAN=2&CatID=286

Oersted About the life and work of the scientist. chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/oersted.htm

Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography: Oersted, Hans Short article about the discovery of electromagnetism. scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Oersted.html

Songs About Hans Christian Oersted Includes lyrics, chords and sound in RealAudio and MP3 formats. www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/songs/database/srcoersted.htm