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.'
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My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude', which is used for the brightness of a star.
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.
This is very similar to astronomy where different magnitudes are assigned to the brightness of an astronomical object, depending on the range of wavelengths being measured.
I have a sort of inner sense for scale.
I think scale is about, in a way, the apprehension of proportion, and all the proportions that mean things to us as human beings are related to the body.
In the U.S., we didn't have scale, and without scale, it's difficult to operate.
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 of the ground motion. But there is no 'scale of 10' in the sense of an upper limit.
Scales always lie. They don't make a scale that ever told the truth about value, about worth, about significance.
I'm glad to see the press now referring to the open-ended Richter scale.
The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure of sensation.
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