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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 275 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LATTEN (from O. Fr. laton, mod. Fr. laiton, possibly connected with Span. lata, Ital. latta, a See also:lath)  , a mixed See also:metal like See also:brass, composed of See also:copper and See also:zinc, generally made in thin sheets, and used especially for monumental See also:brasses and See also:effigies . A See also:fine example is in the See also:screen of See also:Henry VII.'s See also:tomb in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey . There are three forms of See also:latten, " See also:black latten," unpolished and rolled, " shaven latten," of extreme thinness, and " See also:roll latten," of the thickness either of black or shaven latten, but with both sides polished .

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