Charles S. Slichter
Charles Sumner Slichter (1864–1946) was a well-respected mathematician and physicist. Some of his contributions to the body of science came from hydrogeology in which he developed a method of quantifying the velocity of ground-water underflow in river valleys. This method employed ammonium chloride that would be placed in an upstream, i.e., the upgradient, well and detected in three observation wells a short distance away, i.e., the downgradient.[1]
Family
Slichter was the father of economist Sumner Slichter, the grandfather of physicist Charles Pence Slichter, and the great-grandfather of musician Jacob Slichter.
References
- ^ "Early Stage of Hydrogeology in the united states" (excerpt from 200 years of Hydrogeology in the U.S.*) Garald G. Parker Sr. 1 , Ground Water (journal) Volume 26 Issue 2, Pages 234 - 235, 1988
Books
- Galileo, 1642-1942 : an essay commemorating the tercentenary of Galileo : read before a joint meeting of the Wisconsin Chapter of Sigma Xi and the Dept. of Mathematics on November 17, 1942
- Science in a Tavern: Essays and Diversions on Science in the Making, University of Wisconsin Press, 1938
- Four-place logarithmic tables for rapid computation arranged by Charles S. Slichter, New York: Macmillan & Co., 1906, c1901
- The tidal and other problems (1909)
- Elementary mathematical analysis, a text book for first year college students (1914)
- Observations on the ground waters of Rio Grande Valley (1905)
- Field measurements of the rate of movement of underground waters (1905)
- The motions of underground waters (1902)
- The underflow in Arkansas Valley in western Kansas (1906)
- The underflow of the South Platte valley (1906)
- Theoretical investigation of the motion of ground waters (1899)
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1864 |
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1946 |
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