Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Fleshman, William Turner
URN	etd-07072010-020125
Title	A study of the practicability of the photometer method in making soil loss measurements
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Agricultural Engineering
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Cardwell, D. W. Committee Member Clower, James I. Committee Member Murray, W. A. Committee Member
Keywords	Photometry
Date of Defense	1940-06-05
Availability	restricted
Abstract The following conclusions may be drawn from this investigation: (1) The photometer is an accurate and dependable device for measuring light absorption by turbid soil and water solutions when the soil particles are of nearly constant size. The tests made with the soil that had passed through a 100-mess sieve proved this fact, also, the tests made with the composite soil gave vary accurate results. (2) the composite runoff soil samples from the three slopes must have contained particles of approximately the same size. This is shown by the accuracy of the results obtained with this soil.
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