Author: [Oersted, Hans Christian] [Orsted, Hans Christian] Jelved, Karen; Jackson, Andrew D. & Knudsen, Ole; translators & editors:
Title: Selected Scientific Works of Hans Christian Orsted
Description: Princeton, Princeton University Press, (1998). orig.cloth. 24x16cm, (40) ,647 pp. Textual tables.. Mibnor rubbing. Some slight page-edge soil. VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Response to the Prize Question in Medicine Set by the University of Copenhagen in the Year 1797: On the Origin and Use of Amniotic Fluid (1798); Letters on Chemistry. First Letter (1798); Letters on Chemistry. Second Letter, on Heat (1798); Letters on Chemistry. Third Letter (1799); Letters on Chemistry. Fourth Letter (1799); Fundamentals of the Metaphysics of Nature, Partly According to a New Plan (1799); Dissertation on the Structure of the Elementary Metaphysics of External Nature (1799); Experiments and Observations Concerning the Galvanic Electricity (1801); An Addendum by Dr. Ørsted to His Remarks on Galvanism (1801); Continued Experiments on Galvanism (1801); A Review of the Latest Advances in Physics (1803); Materials for a Chemistry of the Nineteenth Century (1803);Correspondence (1804); Galvano-Chemical Observations (1804); Criticism of the So-Called Eudiometry with Regard to Medicine (1805); A Letter from Mr. Ørsted, Professor of Philosophy in Copenhagen, to Professor Pictet on Acoustic Vibrations (1805); On the Harmony Between Electrical Figures and Organic Forms (1805); An Attempt towards a New Theory of Spontaneous Combustion (1805); On the Manner in Which Electricity Is Transmitted (A Fragment) 1806; Correspondence (1806); Experiments Prompted by Some Passages in Winterl's Writings (1806); The Series of Acids and Bases (1806); Reflections on the History of Chemistry, A Lecture (1807); On Acoustic Figures (1807); Ørsted on Simon's (Volta's) New Law for Electrical Atmospheric Effects (1808); Experiments on Acoustic Figures; First

Keywords: History of Science, Danish Physics, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Magnetism, Denmark, H.Christian Oersted, Hans C. Orsted,