[SML] Decibels

[Richard John Archer]

logarithms…….hey ..i used those on my slide rule  back in the 60’s  getting my math degree .. before computers  (well, Boston College  had an IBM 360 in the basement of the administration building)……
and here at Cornell I can cross the street and gorge and look at  the log scales displayed on the working seismograph in the lobby of the geology building. 

DickA
TD, Cornell U
> On Sep 26, 2016, at 10:26 PM, Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
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> 
> Ummm, logarithms _are_ exponents . . . .
> 
> Carla
> On 9/26/2016 5:38 PM, Bill Conner via Stagecraft wrote:
>> I was told there would be no math.
>> 
>> Thanks. Knew exponential was wrong, but Richard had just given me one of
>> his rare compliments in another thread so I stood down. And I'm not sure
>> what a lineal scale would be anyways, maybe one that counts how far
>> removed a cousin is?
>> 
>> It's really difficult in a world that has forgotten turn signals and say
>> "me and you" rather than "you and I" to get to upset at this minor
>> language indignity. Having been a teenager in the 1960s when my parents
>> were nearly in their 70s, I emphasize with their concerns.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 26, 2016 7:29 PM, "Phil Haney via Stagecraft"
>> <stagecraft at theatrical.net <mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
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>>    Actually, decibels are measured on a logarithmic scale, not a linear
>>    or an exponential scale...
>> 
>>    -Phil
>> 
>>    "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus" - Never tickle a sleeping dragon.
>> 
>>    > On Sep 23, 2016, at 11:28 PM, Jerry Durand via Stagecraft
>>    <stagecraft at theatrical.net <mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
>>    >
>>    > Do people know what exponential and lineal mean?
>>    >
>>    >> On 09/23/2016 11:24 PM, Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft wrote:
>>    >> Do people realize the decibels are measured on an Exponential,
>>    rather than a Lineal, scale?
>>    >> /s/ Richard
>>    >>
>>    >
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