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Boring a Coral Reef at Funafuti

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LETTERS have just come to hand from Prof. Sollas stating that he has started from Sydney to carry out the project of putting down a boring through the atoll of Funafuti. By this time, if all has gone well, the expedition has probably started work.

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WATTS, W. Boring a Coral Reef at Funafuti. Nature 54, 201–202 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054201a0

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