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sniff diesel

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Why do people say "8.2 on the Richter scale" rather than "8.2 Richters"

As far as I know it's not done with any other unit of measurement.

fid

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Must be a unitless scale smile

TomE

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Because a richter isnt a unit of measurement? I think its based on a scale because its exponential, so 8.2 isn't only 0.1 worse than an 8.1, it's 0.1^x worse.

Edited by TomE on Saturday 27th September 23:02

hugoagogo

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beaufort scale?
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