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"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition , though Poe skews historical facts.
Guillotine Pendulum (Ucchan Guillotine) (Up) / Moving Trap (Ucchan Ugokuhodō) (Down) Nanchan Zone (Stage 2) Devil Maze (Nanchan Maze) Barrel Roller (Nanchan Roller) Moonsault Curve (Nanchan Moonsault) Danger Zone (Final Stage): Iraira Robot Right Hand Vertical Moving (Irara Robo Migite) Left Hand Horizontal Moving (Iraira Robo Hidarite)
Pendulum. [8] A machine with an axe head for a weight that slices closer to the victim's torso over time (of disputed historicity). Starvation/Dehydration: Crucifixion. Roping or nailing to a wooden cross or similar apparatus (such as a tree) and leaving to perish. The crucifixion of Jesus is the most notable instance of this method. Gibbeting ...
Ana-tsurushi; Batog; Birch rod; Boats; Branding iron; Brazen bull; Breaking wheel; Breast ripper; Cangue; Castor oil; Catapelta [citation needed]; Choke pear; Coffin ...
The amateur wrestling analogue is the guillotine, also known as a "twister". Another version of this move sees the wrestler, straddles one of the opponent's legs, then reaches over the opponent's near arm with the arm close to the opponent's back and places both hands against the opponent's neck and pushes against it applying additional pressure.
The guillotine used in Luxembourg between 1789 and 1821. A guillotine (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ə t iː n / GHIL-ə-teen / ˌ ɡ ɪ l ə ˈ t iː n / GHIL-ə-TEEN / ˈ ɡ i j ə t i n / GHEE-yə-teen) [1] is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted and angled ...
A variation of the pendulum, this move sees a wrestler jump through the second and top rope while holding on to the ropes, using the momentum to swing back around into the ring. The move was originally performed as a fake dive to make opponents and fans think that the wrestler was about to dive through the ropes to opponents outside of the ring.
Proposing a painless method for executions, inspiring the guillotine Joseph-Ignace Guillotin ( French: [ʒozɛf iɲas ɡijɔtɛ̃] ; 28 May 1738 – 26 March 1814) was a French physician , politician , and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out executions in France , as a less painful method of execution than ...