Maxwell's fourth equation states that electric currents generate magnetic fields, which was known from Ørsted's discovery that current-carrying wires deflect compass needles.

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An electric current creates a magnetic field. Push current down a wire and magnetism wraps itself around the wire.

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Nobody Explained Maxwell's Equations Like THIS!Animated Physics
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