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Oersted Experiment - Large Compass
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Show that current in a wire deflects a compass needle.


Fishbane Chapter:   30.1
Reese Chapter:   20.3
SJ 3rd Chapter:   22.9
PIRA DCS classification:   5H10.206

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University