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Magnitude Quotes by Charles Francis Richter
- Magnitude may be compared to the power output in kilowatts of a [radio] broadcasting station; local intensity, on the Mercalli or similar scale, is then…
- 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…
- [In plotting earthquake measurements] the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg then made the natural suggestion to plot…
- The most remarkable feature about the magnitude scale was that it worked at all and that it could be extended on a worldwide basis. It…
- Lately there have been complaints that the use of the magnitude scale is confusing, or at least the reporting of magnitudes in the newspapers 'confuses…
- What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to…
- For example, some stars put out large amounts of energy in the infrared part of the spectrum, so that this can produce a different relative…
- I repeatedly have to correct this belief. In a sense, magnitude involves steps of 10 because every increase of one magnitude represents a tenfold amplification…
- There is another common misapprehension that the magnitude scale is itself some kind of instrument or apparatus. Visitors will frequently ask to 'see the scale.'
More Magnitude Quotes
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what… — Aristotle
- There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude. — Robert Ballard
- As more information becomes available, and the magnitude of the storm's impact becomes even more apparent, it becomes clear that this recovery… — Jo Bonner
- A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a… — Hal Borland
- We are each other's magnitude and bond. — Gwendolyn Brooks
- Overcome any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of the pain entrusted to you. Like… — Vilayat Inayat Khan
- One thing that's really interesting is not only the magnitude of the recent immigration into this country, but also its distribution and… — Unknown Author
- For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is… — Richard Baker
- No one knows the diversity in the world, not even to the nearest order of magnitude. ... We don't know for sure… — E. O. Wilson
- The magnitude of a progress is gauged by the greatness of the sacrifice that it requires. — Friedrich Nietzsche
- Magnitude may be compared to the power output in kilowatts of a [radio] broadcasting station; local intensity, on the Mercalli or similar… — Charles Francis Richter