The former physical sciences thus combine into one united physics.

Hans Christian Ørsted

The constituent principles of heat which play their role in the alkalis and acids, in electricity, and in light are also the principles of magnetism, and thus we have the unity of all forces.

Hans Christian Ørsted

Our physics would thus be no longer a collection of fragments on motion, on heat, on air, on light, on electricity, on magnetism, and who knows what else, but we would include the whole universe in one system.

Hans Christian Ørsted

Danish physicist and chemist who is best known for discovering that electric currents can create magnetic fields.

Hans Christian Ørsted

Furthermore, it seems that the circular movement, combined with the progressive movement in the direction of the length of the conjunctive wire, should form a mode of action which is exerted as a helix around this wire as an axis.

Hans Christian Ørsted

The nature of the circular action is such that movements that it produces take place in directions precisely contrary to the two extremities of a given diameter.

Hans Christian Ørsted

It appears, according to the reported facts, that the electric conflict is not restricted to the conducting wire, but that it has a rather extended sphere of activity around it.

Hans Christian Ørsted

The agreement of this law with nature will be better seen by the repetition of experiments than by a long explanation.

Hans Christian Ørsted