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Guillotine

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A beheading-machine invented by a Dr. Guillotin, and recommended by him to the National Convention, which adopted it; "with my machine, Messieurs, I whisk off your head in a twinkling, and you have no pain;" it was anticipated by the Maiden in Scotland.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Guillotine'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/guillotine.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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