I recall doing a very mathematically correct calculation which I post to VOAT a couple of years ago. Details included how many to be hanged during The Day of The Rope, how many feet of Rope was needed for most efficient hanging rope with a well-made noose, and narrowing the size of The Rope to 5/8th inch diameter. Seems to me something on the order of 63 million feet of Rope was needed if the hanging Rope was not reused. That is a lot of Rope. I concluded that the gillotine would be much more efficient and allow faster through-put of traitors. IDK, perhaps others could improve this, but really The Rope is so much more visually spectacular when televised and pod-cast world-wide. Remember we're talking about several million traitors.
I recall doing a very mathematically correct calculation which I post to VOAT a couple of years ago. Details included how many to be hanged during The Day of The Rope, how many feet of Rope was needed for most efficient hanging rope with a well-made noose, and narrowing the size of The Rope to 5/8th inch diameter. Seems to me something on the order of 63 million feet of Rope was needed if the hanging Rope was not reused. That is a lot of Rope. I concluded that the gillotine would be much more efficient and allow faster through-put of traitors. IDK, perhaps others could improve this, but really The Rope is so much more visually spectacular when televised and pod-cast world-wide. Remember we're talking about several million traitors.