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Show ENGLISH OAK MOST DURA3LE j Specimens of It Have Been Known t , Survive In Good Preservation for Centuries. The durability of English oak Is th greatest of any known forest in.tBV discoveries having been made th is preserved almost as vvp I " j water through centuries as it Is he , shielded hy roofs in ancient ciwMt- ; Professor Burnett of Lon-lon pM es.,ed a piece of English :.k I . King John's palace at E tha.a. feetly sound and strong, which ra traced back for more than hi " cM-ed years. The oaken shnm- of K ward the Confessor is mnrP IhfinjP.. hundred years old. One of I coronation chairs in Westtmn- -bey has been there for more t.un centuries. re I Gloucester cathedral there thirty-one stalls of r ch t he work executed In oak In the re Edward III. and beautifully Pr When the foundations of the nm palace In London, built ' ' previously, were torn down, he P many of which were of nf,nCF5. found In a state of perfect wun In A vessel, found In the rive. of Kent, said to date hack to the King Alfred, was found tc . despite the fact that Its oak had l.een burled In '"'Van .!-boat .!-boat was found near B.ips , most perfect condition M fact it was nearly two hundrei old. Detroit News. |