I Was Lucky Because Logarithmic Plots Are

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.

It Is A Common Remark That Men Talk Most Who Think Least; Just As Frogs Cease Their Quacking When A Light Is Brought To The Water-side.

It Is Good To Have Measured Myself, To Recognize My Limitations.

If One Introduces The Concept Of Energy Of An Earthquake Then That Is A Theoretically Derived Quantity.

[in Plotting Earthquake Measurements] The Range Between The Largest And Smallest Magnitudes Seemed Unmanageably Large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg Then Made The Natural Suggestion To Plot The Amplitudes Logarithmically.