If one introduces the concept of energy of...... Quote by "Charles Francis Richter"

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

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By moving them vertically, a representative mean curve could be formed, and individual events were then characterized by individual logarithmic differences from the standard curve.
— Charles Francis Richter

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I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.
— Charles Francis Richter

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Logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.
— Charles Francis Richter

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Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
— Charles Francis Richter

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I'm glad to see the press now referring to the open-ended Richter scale.
— Charles Francis Richter

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