Infiltrometer History
Soil Physics Memories Development of the Infiltrometer
The advert of a new version of the mini-disk infiltrometer motivated Decagon to research the history of the disk infiltrometer. A search of the soil physics lab at WSU and phone calls to Dr. Walter Gardner himself resulted in the following story.
"My father was interested in making a large number of field infiltration measurements and talked to me about building something which could be easily and quickly used.
