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THE news that the two advance borings had met in the middle of the mountain traversed by the St. Gothard tunnel resounded like a joyful echo in every civilised country. It announced the success of the greatest work hitherto attempted by man; and, on the completion of so important an event, the scientific public must with good reason insist on having some details of the gigantic labours which have excited the attention of all intelligent men, and which, though well nigh finished, still demand much skill and energy.
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GAUTIER, A. The St. Gothard Tunnel . Nature 21, 581–586 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/021581a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/021581a0