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Plaster Statuette (Reduced Copy) of Hans Christian Oersted, by Jens Adolf Jerichau. Unknown Manufacturer, No Date.

Inventory Number 11113


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11113

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
'H.C. ØRSTED' on base, at front
Physical material
Plaster
Dimensions
Height: 465mm Width: 195mm Depth: 155mm Weight: 4300g
Inventory No
11113

Description

Plaster statue of Hans Christian Oersted. Figure is standing next to a pillar holding a piece of string connected to an instrument. Inscription to base front. Oersted was a Danish physicist, who in 1820 discovered that electricity and magnetism were related phenomena. This discovery laid the foundation for the theory of electromagnetism, and for the research that later created technologies such as radio, television and fibre optics. This is a reduced copy of original statue by Jens Adolf Jerichau, located in the court of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.