Bad form, own post, etc etc, but originally I thought this was the same
book, but they are both referencing the same Mr Lucombe, for whom the oak
is named.  This is a bit easier to read without them funny S shaped like an
f.

https://books.google.com/books?id=6IpYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1259&dq=tree+species+wainsco
t&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWr7zPg8
f1AhUcJ0QIHW5xCg0Q6AF6BAgDEAM


KE, eating some fine Parker honey with my oat bread and soup.

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 8:32 PM Kirk Eppler via groups.io  wrote:

> This link may help.  Scroll up a bit from the 1st usage of wainscot for the
> whole deal, but a species of Oak.   Book is from 1786, so almost a
> contemporary, big picture view.
>
> Silva Or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His
> Majesty's Dominions ... Together with an Historical Account of the
> Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves
> Volume 1
> By John Evelyn
> <https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inauthor:%22John+Evelyn%22&tbm=bks>
> ·
> 1786
>
>
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkJTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA73&dq=tree+species+wainsco
t&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWr7zPg8
f1AhUcJ0QIHW5xCg0Q6AF6BAgHEAM
>
>
> Kirk in Half moon bay, ca, got a few minutes of garage cleanup in tonight.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 5:30 AM John M. Johnston 
> wrote:
>
> > What kind of wood was "wainscot?”  See the reference below:
> >
> > Summary Description of Wooden Canteens made by John Trotter, London Aug.
> > 23, 1780
> >
> > "Frith St., Soho, August 23, 1780
> > …  Having made canteens of several kinds of wood it is found when they
> are
> > filled with water it penetrates through the heads of those made of beech,
> > and it is also liable to warp.  Foreign oak or wainscot will answer the
> > purpose much better, and is made use of here for small vessels.
> Submitted
> > to Lord Amherst’s opinion."
> >
> >  Source: Letter from John Trotter to Maj. Gen. Morrison, dated Aug. 23,
> > 1780 in Report on American Manuscripts in the Royal Institution of Great
> > Britain, Vol. II, His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, 1906, Google
> > Books, p. 173.
> >
> > --
> Sent from my iPad, apologies for the Auto Correct errors. Kirk
>
>
> 
>
>
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Sent from my iPad, apologies for the Auto Correct errors. Kirk