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Hans Christian Orsted (Wikipedia)

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The Wikipedia article on Hans Christian Orsted, the Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields. Adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_%C3%98rsted
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reference
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3
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Hans Christian Orsted (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (24 claims)

This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. Plus 9 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Scientists, 20 claims: 11 well-attested, 9 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.

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