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Tag: Rumford

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1448: Guillotin/Guillotine

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 2, 2018 · Episode: 1448 The Guillotine and the democratization of death. Today, heads will roll.

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