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Occupations | Finishes ornamental stone facings and surfaces of concrete structural products: Fills holes with grout or mix to repair imperfections in structural panels, floor and roof slabs, highway dividers, grave markers, and ornamental flowerpots, using sponge, trowel, chisel, and hammer. Cuts out damaged areas and drills holes for reinforcing rods, using power saw and drill. Positions reinforcing rods and builds wooden mold around area to be repaired, using handtools. Mixes cement, aggregate, and coloring by hand and fills mold to match specifications of product being finished, using trowel, tamper, and scraper. Polishes stone facings to lustrous finish, using polishing machine [STONE POLISHER, MACHINE (stonework)], or applies acid solution to stone facing to remove excess facing mix around stones, using brush. Smooths rough spots on stone facing, using hand chisel and abrasive stone. Washes facing with water to remove excess acid and abrasive, using hose. (references) |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4F 4E 43 52 45 54 45 2D 53 54 4F 4E 45      46 49 4E 49 53 48 45 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001111 01001110 01000011 01010010 01000101 01010100 01000101 00101101 01010011 01010100 01001111 01001110 01000101 00100000 01000110 01001001 01001110 01001001 01010011 01001000 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C O N C R E T E - S T O N E   F I N I S H E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004F 004E 0043 0052 0045 0054 0045 002D 0053 0054 004F 004E 0045      0046 0049 004E 0049 0053 0048 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)374948375239543915535449483924043484353423952 |
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