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Oersted found the direction of the magnetic field around a wire carrying current by placing a (fill in the blank) in many places around the wire.
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Oersted found the direction of the magnetic field around a wire carrying current by placing a (fill in the blank)

in many places
around the wire.

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Answer: he used a compass to find the direction of the magnetic field

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