The Guillotine 1792 – 1977
Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin did not invent the execution machine that bears his name.A similar device known as the Halifax Gibbet had been in use in that Yorkshire town since 1286 and continued until 1650. It was noticed by a Scotsman, James Douglas Earl of Morton, who had one built in Edinburgh in 1556, which became known as the … Read more