0
Is it a lever or rope that activates the blade on a guillotine?
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
The machine consists of a heavy base, two upright posts joined by a crosspiece at the top, and a heavy, weighted knife that moves up and down in grooves of the posts by using a rope attached to a pulley and crankled by a lever. The knife is raised to the top of the posts; the victim is bound at the base, face downward, with neck directly beneath the knife; and the knife, released, falls by its own weight.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Joe Shmoe
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What was the device used to execute people during the French revolution?
A Guillotine is used to execute people during the French Revolution. It was named after a French doctor GuillotineThe "guillotine" (feminine noun) was the device to behead people during the French revolution.It is named after the man who proposed the adoption of the device to the National Assembly, the doctor Guillotin. In link are several related questions.The guillotine, sometimes called the National Razor which carried out the death sentence in the twinkling of an eye.Guillotine. Named after the Doctor that invented it to reduce suffering of the condemned.
What is a shadof in Egypt?
Spelled "shadoof." A shadoof is a cantilevered lever used to draw water from wells, ponds or rivers from a waterproof container, such as a bucket, suspended by a rope from the unweighted arm of the lever. The weighted end, on the other side of a raised fulcrum, is on a shorter arm and offsets half the weight of a full container of water. On the longer end, a person pulls on the rope to pull down the container and its supporting arm. Filled, the counterweight cancels out most of the energy required to lift the weight of the water, which on a rope, can now be redirected into a portable container, trough, or, water channel, then this action is repeated.
What is rope used for?
Rope has a lot of purposes, all depending on what you want to achieve by using it. There are a variety of types of rope for different purposes.
What is is used to make rope?
Hemp and nylon are good sources for rope.
What are gaucho's rope called?
a gaucho's rope is/are call(ed) bolas which thay use to capture animal by entangling their legs.Gaucho's rope is a Riata.
What is guilliotine used for?
The guillotine is normally a tall frame, in which an angled blade is suspended. The blade is pulled up with a rope, and allowed to fall down again. The primary use was to preform executions via decapitation.
What is a sentence for lever?
The executioner pulled the lever and made the man hang from the rope.
How is a pulley and a lever alike?
A lever is like a handle, whereas a pulley is chain or rope
What kind of simple machine is a jump rope?
A lever.
Is pulling rope holding a box an example of a pulley or a lever?
Rope usually used with a pulley. (the little round circle it's draped over) Fulcrum looks like a teeter totter with a lever as the board & is no the same thing.
What was the device used to execute people during the French revolution?
A Guillotine is used to execute people during the French Revolution. It was named after a French doctor GuillotineThe "guillotine" (feminine noun) was the device to behead people during the French revolution.It is named after the man who proposed the adoption of the device to the National Assembly, the doctor Guillotin. In link are several related questions.The guillotine, sometimes called the National Razor which carried out the death sentence in the twinkling of an eye.Guillotine. Named after the Doctor that invented it to reduce suffering of the condemned.
What games should I get for your iPad 3?
Infinity blade II, wheres my water, cut the rope.
Is a crane a class 1 lever or a class 2 lever or a class 3 lever?
A crane is a first class lever when it is winching in or out the rope attached to a load. The crane becomes 3rd class lever when it's boom is luffing, i.e. it is being lowererd or raised.
What did French invent for chopping off peoples heads?
The guillotine, created by Doctor Joseph-Ignace Guillotine in France. It is mainly associated with the Reign of Terror during which it was used to decapitate large numbers of people.
Can a Partially torn Shoulder blade tendon heal itself?
A partially torn shoulder blade tendon cannot heal itself. This is similar to frayed rope and would need special care so that it can heal.
What is a sailor's knife with holes along the blade called?
A sailor's knife would be a (folding) marlinspike for the purpose of weaving/braiding/splicing rope.
What are simple machines in onager catapult?
Compound, many different things combine to create a catapult. lever arm, torque battery (twisted rope) winding mechanism firing control (ratchet system with trigger)
