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THE report of the work of the Mining Research Laboratory in the University of Birmingham during 1932 has been published. This is mainly financed by the British Colliery Owner's Research Association, and the investigations are largely addressed to the subjects of silicosis and nystagmus, which are costing the industry annually a very large sum of money. A great deal of work appears to have been done upon the determination of free silica in rocks, and it may be suggested that if the work of Dr. W. R. Jones, published in a recent number of the Journal of Hygiene, is supported by other observers, very much of this work may prove to be useless. On the other hand, the physiological and physical investigations on illuminations promise to be of great help in the matter of nystagmus. Other matters which have been investigated are such important points as the extension of the use of coal, the investigation of spontaneous combustion, the production of dangerous atmospheres in the mine, suitable wetting agents, etc.; and are bound to be of service to the coal mining industry. The report gives the impression of a year's very energetic work.
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Mining Research at Birmingham. Nature 132, 1000 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/1321000a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1321000a0