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    What famous frenchman proposed decapitation by machine?

    Question #15869. Asked by countrygal. (Jan 10 02 4:49 AM)


    supergirly

    		supergirly says:

    I'm assuming the answer is Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (ie the harbinger of the guillotine). Please note that he did not invent the machine, but '...first promoted a law that required that all executions, even those of commoners and plebeians, be carried out by means of a 'machine that beheads painlessly' ...'

    Thu Jan 10 00:00:04 CST 2002

    ...again.
    If you want more info, try:

    http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/Pages/Guillot.html
    (in the year 1789)

    Thu Jan 10 00:03:34 CST 2002
    (As one entry - McG)

    May 22 03, 7:46 AM

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