Book review

Book review HOEK, E., and BRAY, J. Rockslope engineering. London, The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 1974. £5. NIM reports Report no. 1625 The determination of uranium and thorium by the use of delayed neutrons. Report no. 1626 Formation constants of zinc chlorocomplexes in perchlorate medium. Report no. 1629 The thermodynamics of the formation of complexes of silver with some substituted pyridines. Report no. 1630 An electrochemical investigation of the dissolution of copper, nickel, and copper-nickel alloys in ammonium carbonate solutions. Report no. 1640 A semi-automatic titrimeter for cyanide analyses. Report no. 1644 Prospects for the recovery of minerals from the sea. 1974 A.S. & T.S. National Award Professor D. C. Midgley, President of the Associated Scientific and Technical Societies of South Africa, today announced the winner of the 1974 A.S. & T.S. National Award. 1974 G.W. en T.V. Nasionale Toekenning Professor D. C. Midgley, President van die Geassosieerde Wetenskaplike en Tegniese Verenigings van Suid- Afrika het vandag die wenner van die 1974 G.W. & T.V. Nasionale Toekenning aangekondig.