Charles S. Slichter

Charles Sumner Slichter (1864–1946) was a mathematician and physicist. His most notable scholarly contribution focused on hydrogeology where 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 husband of Mary Byrne Slichter and was the father of economist Sumner Slichter and geophysicist Louis B. Slichter, industrialist Allen Slichter and Donald Slichter, the grandfather of physicist Charles Pence Slichter, and the great grandfather of musician Jacob Slichter

Books

References

  1. "Early Stage of Hydrogeology in the United States" (excerpt from 200 years of Hydrogeology in the U.S.) Garald G. Parker Sr. Ground Water (journal) Volume 26 Issue 2, Pages 234 - 235, 1988


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