“…1961),`cyclic' (Stuewe, 1961) and`circular' (Montesin & Heizmann, 1992), could so far only be documented indirectly, e.g. by surface etching (Montesin et al, 1991). We have investigated a steel cord, 1 mm in diameter, provided by J. J. Heizmann, University of Metz.…”