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A trapdoor is a sliding or hinged door that is flush with the surface of a floor, ceiling, or roof. [1] It is traditionally small in size. [2] It was invented to facilitate the hoisting of grain up through mills, however, its list of uses has grown over time. [3] The trapdoor has played a pivotal function in the operation of the gallows, cargo ...
Trapdoor mechanism. Springfield Model 1888, trapdoor mechanism open. In firearms, a trapdoor is a form of breech-loading mechanism for rifles in which a hinged breechblock rotates up and forward, resembling the movement of a trapdoor. [1] The Springfield models 1865 and 1873 were best known for first employing this type of action.
A gallows (or less precisely scaffold) is a frame or elevated beam, typically wooden, from which objects can be suspended or "weighed". Gallows were thus widely used to suspend public weighing scales for large and heavy objects such as sacks of grain or minerals, usually positioned in markets or toll gates.
The gallows was erected for the hanging of James O'Neal, who was convicted for shooting and killing John Woodward at Webber Lake on August 7, 1884. O'Neal testified at the first trial in Sierra County Superior Court the two men had fought over O'Neal's pay after Woodward fired O'Neal, and the revolver was accidentally triggered by Woodward ...
Arthur B. English. Alexander Armstrong English (he used the pseudonym Arthur Ellis; 1864/1865 – 21 July 1938) was a British national who was the official hangman of Canada between 1912 and 1935. It is estimated he carried out more than 600 hangings in all of Canada's provinces and incorporated territories.
Detail from a painting by Pisanello, 1436–1438. Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature. Hanging has been a common method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and is the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. The first known account of execution by hanging is in Homer ...
Crows in a trap on a farm in England. Almost all traps involve the use of food, water or decoys to attract birds within range and a mechanism for restricting the movement, injuring or killing birds that come into range. Food, water, decoy birds and call playback may be used to bring birds to the trap. The use of chemical sprays on crops or food ...
Died. c.19 March 1945. (1945-03-19) (aged 80) United States of America. Known for. Execution survivor. John Henry George "Babbacombe" Lee (15 August 1864 – 19 March 1945) was an Englishman famous for surviving three attempts to hang him for murder. Born in Abbotskerswell, Devon, Lee served in the Royal Navy, and was a known thief.