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Literature | Iron Maiden of Nuremberg (The). An instrument of torture for "heretics," traitors, parricides, etc. It was a box big enough to admit a man, with folding-doors, the whole studded with sharp iron spikes. When the doors were pressed to these spikes were forced into the body of the victim, who was left there to die in horrible torture. (German, Eiserne Jungfrau.) One of these diabolical machines was exhibited in 1892 in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, and in London. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 52 4F 4E 4D 41 49 44 45 4E 4F 46 4E 55 52 45 4D 42 45 52 47 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01010010 01001111 01001110 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001001 01000100 01000101 01001110 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01001110 01010101 01010010 01000101 01001101 01000010 01000101 01010010 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I R O N   M A I D E N   O F   N U R E M B E R G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0052 004F 004E 004D 0041 0049 0044 0045 004E 004F 0046 004E 0055 0052 0045 004D 0042 0045 0052 0047 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)435249482473543383948249402485552394736395241 |
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