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Ørsted, H. C. (1807). "Betragtninger over Chemiens Historie" [Considerations on the History of Chemistry]. Det Skandinaviske Litteraturselskabs Skrifter (in Danish). 2. København: Andreas Seidelin: 1–54. OCLC 872505637.
—— (1809). Videnskaben om Naturens almindelige Love [The Science of the General Laws of Nature] (in Danish). København: Fr. Brummer. OCLC 488860438.
—— (1812). Ansicht der chemischen Naturgesetze, durch die neuern Entdeckungen gewonnen [View of the Chemical Laws of Nature Gained Through Recent Discoveries] (in German). Berlin: Realschulbuchhandlung. OCLC 28640794.
—— (1814). Imod den store Anklager [Against the Great Accuser] (in Danish). København: Andreas Seidelin. OCLC 19092207.
—— (1820). "Experiments on the Effect of a Current of Electricity on the Magnetic Needle". In Thomson, T. (ed.). Annals of Philosophy; or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics, Natural History, Agriculture, and the Arts. Vol. XVI. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. pp. 273–276. hdl:2027/osu.32435051156651. OCLC 9529852.
—— (1844). Naturlærens mechaniske Deel [The Mechanical Part of Natural Learning] (in Danish). København: C. A. Reitzel. hdl:2027/njp.32101058433184. OCLC 22224906.
—— (1851). Der mechanische Theil der Naturlehre [The Mechanical Part of Natural Learning] (in German). Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. OCLC 9489733. OL 6960604M.
Harding, M. C., ed. (1920). Correspondance de H. C. Örsted avec divers savants [The Correspondence of H. C. Örsted with Various Scholars]. Copenhaugue: H. Aschehoug & Co. OCLC 11070734.
Volume I, containing correspondence with Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Christopher Hansteen, and Christian Samuel Weiss.
Volume II, containing correspondence with Johann Wilhelm Ritter and numerous others, including Michael Faraday and Carl Friedrich Gauss.
A significant number of Ørsted's papers were made available in English for the first time in a compilation published in 1998:

Ørsted, H. C. (1998). Jelved, K.; Jackson, A. D.; Knudsen, O. (eds.). Selected Scientific Works of Hans Christian Ørsted. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-69104-334-0. JSTOR j.ctt7zvhx2. OCLC 36393437.

== See also ==
History of aluminium
James Clerk Maxwell
Michael Faraday
Gian Domenico Romagnosi, who also observed an electrostatic attraction of a compass needle.

== Notes ==

== References ==

== Further reading ==
Möller, P. L. (1852). "The Life of H. C. Oersted". The Soul in Nature, with Supplementary Contributions. By Oersted, H. C. Bohn's scientific library [16]. Translated by Horner, L.; Horner, J. B. London: Henry G. Bohn. pp. vii–xxii. hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t4zg7w20q. OCLC 8719272.
Hansen, H. M.; Rasmussen, S. V. (1944). "Ørsted, Hans Christian, 1777–1851, Fysiker". In Bricka, C. F.; Engelstoft, P.; Dahl, S. (eds.). Dansk biografisk Leksikon (PDF) (in Danish). Vol. XXVI. København: J. H. Schultz Forlag. pp. 575–586. OCLC 2697123.
Stauffer, R. C. (1957). "Speculation and Experiment in the Background of Oersted's Discovery of Electromagnetism". Isis. 48 (1): 33–50. doi:10.1086/348537. JSTOR 226900. S2CID 120063434.
Dibner, B. (1963) [1961]. Oersted and the Discovery of Electromagnetism (2nd ed.). New York: Blaisdell Publishing. OCLC 68158139. OL 5882712M.
Abridged in —— (May 1961). "Oersted and the Discovery of Electromagnetism". Electrical Engineering. 80 (5): 321–325. Bibcode:1961ElEng..80..321D. doi:10.1109/EE.1961.6433241. hdl:2027/mdp.39015030993862. ISSN 0095-9197.
Williams, L. P. (1974). "Oersted, Hans Christian". In Gillispie, C. C. (ed.). Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. X. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. pp. 182–186. ISBN 978-0-68410-121-7. OCLC 89822. OL 23035060M.
Franksen, O. I. (1981). H. C. Ørsted – A Man of the Two Cultures. Birkerød: Strandbergs Forlag. ISBN 978-8-78720-045-5. OCLC 13213277.
Norling-Christensen, O. (20 January 2012). "H.C. Ørsted". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Gyldendal.

== External links ==

Works by or about Hans Christian Ørsted at the Internet Archive
Physics Tree: Hans Christian Ørsted Details
Interactive Java Tutorial on Oersted's Compass Experiment National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
"Oersted, Hans Christian" . Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.