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the top to revolve as radius while the concrete 

 sides are being raised. For the moulded coping 

 a template is fastened to the centre and swung 

 round, forming an absolutely true margin. See 

 Diagram 70, which shows a section of a circular 



DIAGRAM 70. 



basin with moulding bar attached. The stake is 

 pulled out at the end and the hole closed by a 

 plug of cement. Where a centre does not exist 

 a template must be guided over the cement coping 

 by an outside framework. 



Stone copings are handsomer than those made 

 from the concrete and cement, and permit of a 

 slight overlap, and the shadow line is valuable. 

 Either in real or artificial stone many shapes are 

 possible. Diagrams 71 and 72 gives varieties. 

 They can be varied again by introducing flat 



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