“I'm glad to see the press now referring to the open-ended Richter scale.Quote by Charles Francis RichterTopics: Quotes about Charles Francis RichterShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
This is very similar to astronomy where different magnitudes are assigned to the brightness of...#Charles Francis Richter
There is another common misapprehension that the magnitude scale is itself some kind of instrument...#Charles Francis Richter
As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could...#Charles Francis Richter
For example, some stars put out large amounts of energy in the infrared part of...#Charles Francis Richter
My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude,' which is used for the...#Charles Francis Richter
Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.#Charles Francis Richter
Emphasis was usually put on the horizontal acceleration factor, for the simple reason that ordinary...#Charles Francis Richter
