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...your Feb. 7 review of A New Handbook on Hanging, you published a formula used to determine the drop in hanging a man: 412/weight of body in stones = length of drop in feet...
...HANDBOOK ON HANGING (179 pp.)-Charles Duff-Regnery...
Nevertheless, the New Handbook makes gripping reading and is full of sleep-troubling facts about hangmanship, from an account of distinguished executioners who committed suicide to the sort of wood it is best to use for gallows (teak) to the best rope for hanging a man (¾-in. rope of five strands of Italian hemp...
Marks was editor of "Mechanical Engineer's Handbook," which had had five editions and became known as "the engineer's bible." It was extensively revised...
Marks joined the faculty in 1894 and retired in 1940. He is the author of several books, including "Mechanical Engineer's Handbook," which is considered the classic reference work in the field...