Magnitude Scale Quotes
- 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… — Charles Francis Richter
- 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… — Charles Francis Richter
- 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… — Charles Francis Richter
- 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… — Charles Francis Richter
- 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.' — Charles Francis Richter