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 Prof. Dr. Karin
Reich,
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Denmark geomagnetism had a long tradition which went far
back to the 18th century (Kratzenstein, Bugge,
Hansteen). Gauss and Ørsted were in contact since 1820.
They met each other for the first time in 1827 in
Altona. Shortly afterwards in 1828
Ørsted, Gauss and Weber were together in Berlin,
visiting the conference of the German Society of
Scientists and Physicians. It was only in 1831 that
geomagnetism became Gauss’ and Weber’s main field of
investigation. Ørsted visited Göttingen in July 1834.
Ørsted was one of the main and most important
contributors to the Magnetical Association in Göttingen,
there are still many documents concerning the
observations in Copenhagen. As far
as the construction and the instruments for the
Magnetical Observatories of Copenhagen were concerned,
Wilhelm Weber gave the advices. Weber and Ørsted
exchanged many details about the contemporary
development in physics: barometers, the
incompressibility of water, the elasticity of silk
threads, the theory of electricity and so on. In 1842
Weber became Department of Mathematics, Universität Hamburg: Hans Christian Ørsted and Geomagnetism: the Historical Context  member
of the Danish Academy of Sciences, in 1842/3 the
order Pour le mérite was awarded to Ørsted, he
visited Berlin and Weber in Leipzig. There was an
exchange of literature between Copenhagen and
Göttingen, which obviously was still continued after the
death of Ørsted.
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