Who discovered the relation between electricity and magnetism?

Faraday

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Maxwell

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Newton

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Oersted

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The correct option is D Oersted
Until electromagnetism was discovered, scientists thought that electricity and magnetism were unrelated. A Danish scientist named Hans Christian Oersted changed all that. He discovered that electric current in a wire can deflect a magnetized compass needle that means electric current creates a magnetic field.

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