guillotine fact: the idea of a beheading machine long predates the guillotine, there's both historical (books) and archeological evidence of them as early as the start of the 16th century
the correct french term for such is tranche-tête
there is no designated english term, they are usually called by their own nicknames like the halifax maiden or just beheading contraption
while the most commonly improvement cited for the distinction between the guillotine and earlier forms is the oblique blade shape, the rather in depth testing on straw bundles then sheep then human cadavers was also about developping the seesaw body ramp, aligning the head clamp and perfecting an easy to reset trigger mechanism
so more than just being able to kill without pain, it was about making it able to handle collective executions fast and reliably
the correct french term for such is tranche-tête
there is no designated english term, they are usually called by their own nicknames like the halifax maiden or just beheading contraption
while the most commonly improvement cited for the distinction between the guillotine and earlier forms is the oblique blade shape, the rather in depth testing on straw bundles then sheep then human cadavers was also about developping the seesaw body ramp, aligning the head clamp and perfecting an easy to reset trigger mechanism
so more than just being able to kill without pain, it was about making it able to handle collective executions fast and reliably