A handbook on hanging; being a short introduction to the fine art of execution, and containing much useful information of neck-breaking, throttling, strangling, asphyxiation, decapitation and electrocution; as well as data and wrinkles for hangmen, an account of the late Mr. Berry's method of killing and his working list of drops; to which is added a hangman's ready reckoner and certain other items of interest / by Charles Duff.
1938
KD7885.C3 D8 1938 (Mapit)
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A handbook on hanging; being a short introduction to the fine art of execution, and containing much useful information of neck-breaking, throttling, strangling, asphyxiation, decapitation and electrocution; as well as data and wrinkles for hangmen, an account of the late Mr. Berry's method of killing and his working list of drops; to which is added a hangman's ready reckoner and certain other items of interest / by Charles Duff.
Edition
New ed. enl., diligently compared and rev. in accorance with the most recent developments; all very proper to be read and kept in every family.
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London : J. Lane, [1938]
Description
187 pages : table. ; 20 cm
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A satire on capital punishment.
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KD7885.C3 D8 1938
Language
English
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