I think it would be a safe bet that you did not graduate with top honours in Mechanical Engineering because there is no way your contraption could work!Screwed - Melissa rediscovered this outmoded precursor of the Clockwise picture.
She said she never could figure out how that apparatus worked
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I'm so sorry, but who have lost the bet!I think it would be a safe bet that you did not graduate with top honours in Mechanical Engineering because there is no way your contraption could work!
This is one of the hottest execution devices I have ever seen. Mind if I borrow the idea for one of my stories?I shifted the story of Romilda from the Early to the Late Middle Ages, with the clockwork already invented and any guttersnipe knowing the term clockwise...
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This is one of the hottest execution devices I have ever seen. Mind if I borrow the idea for one of my stories?
To begin with, I stand with my back to the apparatus, legs together, the screw is set so the beam's behind my head.I think it would be a safe bet that you did not graduate with top honours in Mechanical Engineering because there is no way your contraption could work!
Why is the impalement device not mounted to the machine ? I made 2 similar devices . One primitive and one at bit more mechanical . Like this one , cool stuff .Screwed - Melissa rediscovered this outmoded precursor of the Clockwise picture.
She said she never could figure out how that apparatus worked
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It's a "precusor" regarding the screw mechanism, but it's not an impaling device like Clockwise.Why is the impalement device not mounted to the machine ? I made 2 similar devices . One primitive and one at bit more mechanical . Like this one , cool stuff .
I see the sharpened pole so i assumed it was part .It's a "precusor" regarding the screw mechanism, but it's not an impaling device like Clockwise.
A most precise description of the mechanism and how it works - equal to Montycrusto's interpretation. Thank you!To begin with, I stand with my back to the apparatus, legs together, the screw is set so the beam's behind my head.
My wrists are bound back behind my head to the staple on the beam. My ankles are tied tightly to the cable that runs through the staples at either end of the base, and is wrapped around the bottom of the screw.
Now the screw is slowly turned, so my arms are lifted up by the rising beam, and my body with them, while the rope linking my ankles gets wound around the screw, pulling my ankles and legs apart -
until I'm in the position Arcimboldo's immortalised, stretched up and standing on my toes, with my thighs forced wide open, and my bum pressing against the spikes on the strategically-placed rail -
now my Torturers get to work ...
Seems to me to be a beautiful piece of cruel engineering!
PS Ah, I see there's a demonstration and post-PhD (Mech) seminar on this fascinating invention at:
The New Arcimboldo Archive
I recognise a fellow seeker of the Sublime …. If only I could find it, as regularly as you do! :p Your comment prompted me to look for the the term Sublime (well, I am not sure if this is an adequate term to describe the esthetic quality of my pictures...) and I found some relating ideas by...www.cruxforums.com
I'm sure Eul ran numerous computer simulations before publishing her research paperA most precise description of the mechanism and how it works - equal to Montycrusto's interpretation. Thank you!
I'm glad to make a small contribution to the fields of science and technologiesI'm sure Eul ran numerous computer simulations before publishing her research paper
I have definitely not seen this gem before! Where was it first published?Captives of an American native tribe, forced to torture each other...
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