A handbook on hanging, being a short introduction to the fine art of execution and containing much useful information on neckbreaking, throttling, strangling, asphyxiation, decapitation and electrocution, to which is added a hangman's ready reckoner and certain other items of interest including the great Nuremberg hangings.
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Author / Creator: | Duff, Charles, 1894-1966. |
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Edition: | 3d ed. enl., diligently compared and rev. in accordance with the most recent developments. |
Imprint: | London, Freedom Press, 1948. |
Description: | 79 pages 22 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2027995 |
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