Experimenta circa Effectum, etc. Exp�riences sur l'effet du conflict �lectrique sur l'aiguille animant�e.

"�RSTED (OERSTED), H.C. - THE DISCOVERY OF ELECTROMAGNETISM - FIRST FRENCH EDITION.

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Paris, Crochard, 1820. Contemp. hcalf., raised bands, gilt spine with gilt ettering. Stamps to verso of titlepage and to verso of plates. In "Annales". In "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago" Tome XIV pp. 417-25. Entire volume offered: 448 pp. and 3 folded engraved plates. Fine and clean, printed on good paper. First French edition of �rsted's announcement of his discovery of electromagnetism. It was through this first French edition of �rsted's original Latin paper, translated by Arago that the founder of electrodynamics, Amp�re, first became aware of �rsted's discovery. It is the first translation of Oersted's epoch-making announcement in his Latin pamphlet "Extperimenta circa effectum conflictus electrici in acun magneticam. Hafni�, 1820" (privately printed in a very small number, and only distributed to colleques in Europe). This discovery and confirmation of the connection between 2 forces, electricity and magnetism, must be considered one of the happiest events in the history of science, both with regard to scientific and practical results. - "From the moment that �rsted's discovery became known it created an enormous sensation. The results communicated were so astounding that they were received with a certain distrust, but they were stated with such accuracy that it could hardly be permitted to entertain any doubts. In the course of a short time the treatise was translated into all the chief languages." (Kirstine Meyer). Arago was givin a copy of the Latin paper by the Swiss physicist Marc-Auguste Pictet. 4 September Arago announces Oersted's discovery to the Academie. - 11 September Arago reproduces Oersted's experiments.Dibner:61 - PMM: 282 - Horblitt: 3 b. - Sparrow: 152. Seller Inventory # 48150

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Title: Experimenta circa Effectum, etc. Exp�riences...

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