Ten For Today: The Richter Scale
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“It starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes!” (R.E.M.)
Charles Richter was born this day in 1900. He of course is the namesake of the Richter magnitude scale, introduced in 1935, which is what we used to use to measure earthquakes. Researching this post, I learned quite a bit, which is now taking up space in my brain, displacing more useful informat…
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