Mass Spring Damper

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

“The great mass of people ... will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.”
—Adolf Hitler (1889–1945)

“I was struck by this universal spring upward of the forest evergreens.”
—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)