Execution by elephant — A condemned prisoner being dismembered by an elephant in Ceylon. Drawing from An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon by Robert Knox (1681). Execution by elephant was a common method of capital punishment in South and Southeast Asia, and… … Wikipedia
Execution by firing squad — Firing squad and shot at dawn redirect here. For other uses, see Firing squad (disambiguation). For the UK memorial, see Shot at Dawn Memorial. Part of a series on Capital punishment … Wikipedia
Natural resources of Ireland — The primary natural resources of Ireland, include natural gas, petroleum, peat, copper, lead, dolomite, barite, limestone, gypsum, silver and some zinc. Key industries based on these and other natural resources include fishing, foresting, mining … Wikipedia
Natural mapping (interface design) — The term natural mappings comes from proper and natural arrangements for the relations between controls and their movements to the outcome from such action into the world. The real function of natural mappings is to reduce the need for any… … Wikipedia
natural writing — Any specimen of writing executed normally without an attempt to control or alter its identifying habits and its usual quality of execution. It is the typical writing of an individual … Forensic science glossary
Dispute about Jesus' execution method — This article is about different views on the form of the gibbet used in the Crucifixion of Jesus. For supposed relics of a Cross, see True Cross. Part of a series on the Death and resurrection of Jesus Passion Last Supper Arr … Wikipedia
Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment — of the Russian Federation Министерство природных ресурсов и экологии Российской Федерации … Wikipedia
Life of an execution — Life Life (l[imac]f), n.; pl. {Lives} (l[imac]vz). [AS. l[imac]f; akin to D. lijf body, G. leib body, MHG. l[imac]p life, body, OHG. l[imac]b life, Icel. l[imac]f, life, body, Sw. lif, Dan. liv, and E. live, v. [root]119. See {Live}, and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Censorship of Books — • Either ecclesiastical or civil, according as it is practiced by the spiritual or secular authority, and it may be exercised in two ways, viz.: before the printing or publishing of a work, by examining it (censura prævia); and after the printing … Catholic encyclopedia
Electric chair — Execution by electrocution (usually referred to, after its method of implementation, as the Electric Chair) is an execution method originating in the United States in which the person being put to death is strapped to a specially built wooden… … Wikipedia
