A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 418
ir of GaugeLaths (see Gauge Lath, below). B. One of a supjilementary set; as whenlaths are nailed across others used as furring. Gauge Lath. In roofing, one of a numberof laths placed by acciuate measurement so asto support a tile or slate at the proper points,as at the nail holes. Metallic Lath. A… … L.\TH: Fig. 1. Metallic Lath, made of sheet metal cut and bent so as toproduce a fabric with meshes not unlike woven wire. or metal work in the construction. The mostcommon form has heretofore been a coaise wirenetting with the mesh of ^ of an inch or there-about, and this i.s commonly called wire…
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