top of page
.png){kind=small}
"From here, it becomes an engineering problem; the engineer considers the ground motion that will occur and evaluates the requirements of the proposed structure in the light of the local foundation conditions."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Engineering quotes
"I didn't write because in the corps I took mining engineering of all things and, you know, they, they graduate a mining engineer as a sort of an illiterate."
"Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process."
"The desire to engineer humanity is a sign of a mind warped by megalomania and lust for power."
"I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway."
"I was in school studying civil engineering. A guy approached me on the street and said that I had a interesting look-very exotic. He told me I should try to be in the industry."
"I do understand why a desperate engineer still use a hammerto solve a hard problem. I think, that made him more humane."
"From here, it becomes an engineering problem; the engineer considers the ground motion that will occur and evaluates the requirements of the proposed structure in the light of the local foundation conditions."
Explore more quotes by Charles Francis Richter
"What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected."
"I suggested that we might compare earthquakes in terms of the measured amplitudes recorded at these stations, with an appropriate correction for distance."
"For example, some stars put out large amounts of energy in the infrared part of the spectrum, so that this can produce a different relative magnitude rating than using light energy from the middle of the spectrum."
"If the assumptions used in calculating energy are changed, then this seriously affects the final result, even though the same body of data might be used."
"If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity."
"I usually point out that most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry."
bottom of page