keitai-l@appelsiini.net writes: >One last point: Who do people always "7 on the Richter scale" or perhaps >a >little better "Magnitude of 7"? The correct usage should be "7 >Richter(s)". >After all we don't say 240 on the Volt scale, or 0.1 on the Tesla scale >etc.. Just a thought. I guess because it is logarithmic and few scales in regular everyday use for the ordinary population ARE.... NickReceived on Mon May 26 15:02:56 2003