Mass Spring Damper

Famous quotes containing the words mass, spring and/or damper:

“The great mass of people judge well of things, for they are in natural ignorance, which is man’s true state.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“Fresh curls spring from the baldest brow. There is nothing inorganic.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.”
—Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927)