| Show ENGLISH OAK MOST DURABLE CURABLE specimens of it have been known to survive in good preservation for or centuries the durability of english eng lish oak Is till greatest of any known r wet thiller discoveries having beell wild that it la 3 preserve arved d a almost us li water through centuries century es ns as it Is lie wn shielded elded by roots roofs lit iti ancient professor burnett Il of 0 lonisin Lon ilin io messed ased a piece of eti akk ik froll froin ring king johns at irr factly sound and strong mitch cn be il traced back for morp corp than tive five lynnr ared red years the oaken shrink of lil ed l il inird the confessor Is nuan than eight hundred years old one of jlii oakely e coronation 0 ro nation clial clalra irs in ili ter nl ill b bey ey has boon been there tor for allore than fl fim centuries in gloucester thare tire thirty one stalls of rich work executed in oak in ili the of f edw rdward rd III and arfert t when the foUnd foundations atlon of the old SH envoy vo y apa in in london built TOO denra piously liou sly were torn do down don n the lie plies piles anany of which were of oak were found in a state of perfect sound soundness nes A vessel found in the river in rent kent fiala to date back habelt to tile the time of king alfred was found to be sound despite the fact thit its keel had been burled buried in the mud an oak boat wils found near brigg in an almost perfect condition despite the f fact c t it was nearly two hundred year ad old detroit news |
