Architect and engineer . eUGlNEERS AND MANUfACTU«£BS ^ San Francisco Seattle Portland Los Angeles When writing- to Advertisers please mention this magazine. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 125 Metal Lath n. The Field RECENT distortion tests conducted in Omaha to show ^^^ ^e^\P;f ^tvpe of exterior wall construction proves Back Plastered Metal Latht he the best possible You will note from the chart that at the greatestlumber ofTounds pressure (3,500) bade plastered Meta, Lath ^o^e^J^Son of one-half inch. At this pressure it had not cracked nor did :t showTZsoi weakening From the chart, the tests on o
Architect and engineer . eUGlNEERS AND MANUfACTU«£BS ^ San Francisco Seattle Portland Los Angeles When writing- to Advertisers please mention this magazine. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 125 Metal Lath n. The Field RECENT distortion tests conducted in Omaha to show ^^^ ^e^\P;f ^tvpe of exterior wall construction proves Back Plastered Metal Latht he the best possible You will note from the chart that at the greatestlumber ofTounds pressure (3,500) bade plastered Meta, Lath ^o^e^J^Son of one-half inch. At this pressure it had not cracked nor did :t showTZsoi weakening From the chart, the tests on other-^types^of ^on- b e No. 3and No. 4started tocrack at pointsindicated. Thechart provesthe success ofMetal Lath. Asa result thebuilding codesof a greatmany citieswill undoubted-ly be changed. ?MOO tooo ^ 1500 lOOO 600. Dhtart, THE picture showshow the test wasconducted. Heavy tim-bers were placed on thescale, which was con-nected with the levershown leading to thejack. As the pressureof the jack was in-creased, the load wasregistered directly onthe scale beam. Maxi-mum pressure wasforced against the wallof back plastered MetalLath but it did notcrack.
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