“Incidentally, the usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world.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
By moving them vertically, a representative mean curve could be formed, and individual events were...#Charles Francis Richter
If the assumptions used in calculating energy are changed, then this seriously affects the final...#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
Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a...#Charles Francis Richter
What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike...#Charles Francis Richter
