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2. Guillotine - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Maiden (guillotine) - Wikipedia

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   'The Maiden' on display at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (July 2011) Blade of The Maiden James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton. The Maiden (also known as the Scottish Maiden) is an early form of guillotine, or gibbet, that was used between the 16th and 18th centuries as a means of execution in Edinburgh, Scotland.

4. Chamber of Horrors (Madame Tussauds) - Wikipedia

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   It also features the infamous French guillotine blade. Execution of Charles Peace by William Marwood – 1879 waxwork in the Chamber of Horrors Murderers Diereneuk and Barmouth with Dr Crippen in the dock (c. 1910)

5. Guillotine (magic trick) - Wikipedia

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   The Guillotine is a magic trick where it appears that a blade of a guillotine passes through a person's neck without harming them. Variations on the theme have been performed for hundreds of years, with documented examples appearing in print in the 16th century.

6. Executioner's sword - Wikipedia

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   Executioner's sword (16th century) A decapitation scene as shown in Cosmographia universalis of Sebastian Münster (1552). An executioner's sword is a sword designed specifically for decapitation of condemned criminals (as opposed to combat).

7. Halifax Gibbet - Wikipedia

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   A replica of the Halifax Gibbet on its original site, 2008, with St Mary's Catholic church, Gibbet Street, in the background. The Halifax Gibbet / ˈ h æ l ɪ f æ k s ˈ dʒ ɪ b ɪ t / was an early guillotine used in the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

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9. Paper cutter - Wikipedia

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   Paper cutters were developed and patented in 1844 by French inventor Guillaume Massiquot. Later, Milton Bradley patented his own version of the paper cutter in 1879. [1] Since the middle of the 19th century, considerable improvements to the paper cutter have been made by Fomm and Krause of Germany, Furnival in England, and Oswego and Seybold in the United States.