Selected Scientific Works of Hans Christian Orsted.

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Preface ; Introduction ; 1 Response to the Prize Question in Medicine Set by the University of Copenhagen in the Year 1797: On the Origin and Use of Amniotic Fluid ; 2 Letters on Chemistry. First Letter (1798); 3 Letters on Chemistry. Second Letter, on Heat (1798); 4 Letters on Chemistry. Third Letter (1799); 5 Letters on Chemistry. Fourth Letter (1799); 6 Fundamentals of the Metaphysics of Nature Partly According to a New Plan (1799); 7 Dissertation on the Structure of the Elementary Metaphysics of External Nature (1799).

8 Experiments and Observations Concerning Galvanic Electricity (1801)9 An Addendum by Dr. 0rsted to His Remarks on Galvanism (1801); 10 Continued Experiments on Galvanism (1801); 11 A Review of the Latest Advances in Physics (1803); 12 Materials for a Chemistry of the Nineteenth Century (1803); 13 Correspondence (1804); 14 Galvano-Chemical Observations (1804); 15 Criticism of the So-Called Eudiometry with Regard to Medicine (1805); 16 A Letter from Dr. Ørsted of Copenhagen to Mr. J.W. Ritter of Jena, Concerning Chladni's Acoustic Figures in an Electrical Context (1805).

17 A Letter from Mr. Ørsted, Professor of Philosophy in Copenhagen, to Professor Pictet on Acoustic Vibrations (1805)18 On the Harmony Between Electrical Figures and Organic Forms (1805); 19 New Investigations into the Question: What Is Chemistry? (1805); 20 An Attempt towards a New Theory of Spontaneous Combustion (1805); 21 On the Manner in Which Electricity Is Transmitted (A Fragment) (1806); 22 Correspondence (1806); 23 Experiments Prompted by Some Passages in Winterl's Writings (1806); 24 The Series of Acids and Bases (1806); 25 Reflections on the History of Chemistry, A Lecture (1807).

26 On Acoustic Figures (1807)27 Ørsted on Simon's (Volta's) New Law for Electrical Atmospheric Effects (1808); 28 Experiments on Acoustic Figures (1810); 29 First Introduction to General Physics (1811); 30 View of the Chemical Laws of Nature Obtained Through Recent Discoveries (1812); 31 On the Law of Electrical Attraction (1814); 32 Proposal for New Danish Terms in Chemistry: The Law for the Weakening of Electrical Effects with Distance (1815); 33 Theory of Light (1816); 34 On Galvanic Trough Apparatuses and Spark Discharge in Mercury Vapour (1816).

35 Observations Regarding Contact Electricity (1817)36 On the Compression of Water (1817); 37 On the Way in Which a Textbook in Physics Ought to Be Written: Investigations on the Compressibility of Water (1818); 38 On Piperine, a New Plant Alkaloid (1820); 39 Experiments on the Effect of the Electric Conflict on the Magnetic Needle (July 21,1820); 39 Experiments on the Effect of a Current of Electricity on the Magnetic Needle (1820); 40 New Electro-Magnetic Experiments (1820); 41 Note on the Discovery of Electromagnetism (1821); 42 Observations on Electro-magnetism (1821).

43 Correspondence (1821).

Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851) was one of the leading scientists of the nineteenth century, having played a crucial role in founding electromagnetism. Unfortunately for the English-speaking world, almost all of his research was published in other languages, particularly his native Danish. This book will help to elevate Ørsted to his rightful place in the history of science by finally making his most important scientific works available in English. The book includes, for example, Ørsted's account of his revolutionary experiments in electromagnetism. In 1820, he discovered that a com.

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