Electromagnetism In The Late 1800s And Early 1900s

In the late 1800s and early 1900s electromagnetism was studied by three important individuals. The three individuals were Hans Ørsted, Micheal Faraday and James Maxwell. These three men demonstrated their contribution to electromagnetism by there studies and experiments. These three men lead to our modern electricity, color photography, generators and modern some motors. On August 14, 1777 Hans Ørsted was born in Langeland, Denmark. Ørsted started liking chemistry at a young age when working with his father, that owned a pharmacy. Ørsted was the first person to find a connection between electricity and magnetism in 1820. Ørsted discovered the relation between the two fields while he connected a wire power by battery to a compass and watched the needle move when he turned the battery on in intervals. Ørsted also had a big contribution to chemistry as he produced the first aluminum, rather than the first known “aluminum-iron alloy.” Ørsted is still none today for his famous “Ørsted”s Law.” The Ørsted’s Law states that there is a connection between electricity can create a magnetic field.

Faraday was mostly self taught other than the lectures he took part in from Humphry Davy. Faraday was invited to a trip with Davy and his wife on an 18 month trip where he learned from and met many influential scientists. Faraday discovered Electromagnetic Induction which is the process of creating an electrical current without a battery, only a magnetic field. Faraday helped in the naming of some of the components of Electromagnetism such as “electrode” & “ion.” Faraday also researched something he called diamagnetism, when a substance has a lesser response to