Category - Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter

Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a long period of time.

– Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter

I’m glad to see the press now referring to the open-ended Richter scale.

– Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter

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.

– Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter

I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.

– Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter

If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.

– Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter

I suggested that we might compare earthquakes in terms of the measured amplitudes recorded at these stations, with an appropriate correction for distance.

– Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter

My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term ‘magnitude’, which is used for the brightness of a star.

– Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter

As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs.

– Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter

Don’t wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

– Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter

Logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.

– Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter Strength

Intensity like signal strength will generally fall off with distance from the source, although it also depends on the local conditions and the pathway from the source to the point.

– Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter Science

Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.

– Charles Francis Richter

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