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Charles Francis Richter

Birthday: April 26, 1900
Deathday: April 20, 1985
Category: American Scientist
Type: Scientist
National: American

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Incidentally, 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.

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