Hans Christian Oersted discovered the relationship between the forces of magnetism and electricity by
A) many long years of tedious research.
B) reading the writings of Galvani.
C) an accidental discovery during a physics lecture.
D) interpreting his dreams and obsessions.
E) replicating the experiments of Volta.

Question

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Oersted made his discovery accidentally during a physics lecture when he noticed that a magnetic needle was deflected by a current-carrying wire.

Hans Christian Oersted Discovered the Relationship Between the Forces of Magnetism