Good point on log scales , your theory does transfer in the case of pH.
However it doesn't follow in the case of decibels and bits (essentially log
base 2).
John
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Subject: (keitai-l) Grossly.OT: Re: Re: earthquake, but no noopie
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....
Nick
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