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The discovery of electromagnetism, made in the year 1820 by H.C. Ørsted
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Ørsted is thanking Dibner for sending him a copy of his book Oersted and the discovery of electromagnetism (1961). He also asks Dibner to come to Denmark to meet with him.
mssHM 75973
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Manuscripts
Copy of translation of Hans Christian Ørsted's autobiography sent by Robert C. Stauffer, an associate professor in the Department of the History of Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, to Bern Dibner. The translation, which is heavily marked up, is by Martha Trytten. Also includes a copy of a one-page undated letter from Trytten to Stauffer regarding the translation, and a one-page cover letter from Stauffer, who had initially requested the translation, to Bern Dibner, dated 1965, August 24.
mssHM 83087
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