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• It was designed to make execution easier. • Doctor Joseph Ignace Guillotin. • He lived from (1738 - 1814) • Victims were placed on a bench, face down, and their necks positioned under the blade • The actual beheading was very quick. • It took less than half a second for the to blade drop to the victim's head • Total weight of a Guillotine was about 580 kilos (1278lb) • The blade weighed over 40 kilos (88.2lb) • Many doctors put said that it could take up to 30 seconds before the victim lost consciousness. • Height of side posts was just over 4m (14ft) • The blade drop was 2.3m (88 inches) • It fell at 7m a second (21ft) and took 1/70 of a second • It took 2/100 of a second for the head to be cut off • Power at impact was 400 kilos (888lb) per square inch. • Improvements to the guillotine machine were made in 1870 by Leon Berger.
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