Linn Harrison Enslow (February 26, 1891 – November 3, 1957) was an American sanitary engineer and chemist, most famous for his work with Abel Wolman developing chlorination systems in Baltimore.

Linn Enslow
Born
Linn Harrison Enslow

(1891-02-26)February 26, 1891
Died (aged 66)
Alma materJohns Hopkins University
Known forwith Abel Wolman, standardized the methods used to chlorinate drinking water
Scientific career
Fieldssanitary engineering, chemistry

Life

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Enslow was born in Richmond, Virginia, to Linn Bliss Enslow and Marie (née Harrison) Enslow, the eldest of six children.

He died of a heart attack on his farm in Dublin, Virginia in 1957; at the time, he resided in Queens, New York, and was working as editor of the magazine Water and Sewage Works.[1] He was buried in New Dublin Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Dublin, Virginia.

Work

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While studying chemistry at Johns Hopkins, he met Abel Wolman; together, the two devised a formula to appropriately chlorinate drinking water, depending on factors such as acidity. Between the time of discovery in 1919 and 1941, eighty-five percent of American water systems were using chlorination.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "LINN ENSLOW, 66, ENGINEER, EDITOR; Official of Water and Sewage Works Magazine Dies-- Sanitation Specialist". The New York Times. 1957-11-06. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  2. ^ "Enslow, Linn". Science Heroes. Retrieved 2018-03-28.