Show ENGLISH IENGLISH OAK MOST DURABLE i of It Have Been Known to Survive In Good Preservation for j Centuries r I The be durability of ot English oak is tho the I i I t gr test of ot any known forest timber i discoveries having been made that It preserved almost as well under p water through centuries as it Is when shielded by roofs roots c castles Professor Burnett of ot London pos pOSe messed a piece of English oak from King Johns John's palace at Eltham perfectly per- per sound and strong which cai can cari be A traced back for more than Live five bun bun- k i c. years Th The oaken shrine of Edi Ed Ed- k i ward the Confessor is more than eight f. f 4 I Ib hundred l years old One of the oaken coronation chairs in Westminster abbey ab- ab oo bey hey has b been n a there for more than five I centuries In Gloucester Gloucester- cathedral there are 4 J cathedral Gloucester d. d thirty one stalls o of rich tabernacle work ex executed in oak In the r reign of Edward III and beautifully perfect I r. r r When th tile the foundations of ot the old Savoy t. t Ip palace lace In IIi LOnc London on built years previously were torn down the piles many of ot which were of oak were I found In a of perfect soundness A vessel ss l found in the river in Kent said to date back t to the time of King Alfred was found to be sound T. T despite e th thEt- thEt fact that its oaken keel had bad beep beez burled buried in n the mud An oak i found near Brigg In an al- al tm st perfect condition despite the I 1 fact t it was nearly t two o hundred year years old Detroit Detroit News a r- r |