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other in strueture, and doubtless also different in stretching capacity. 
Change in temperature or the application of sudden strain, such as might be 
caused by any swaying in the bridge, would tend to throw the whole tension 
of either of these ropes on to only certain strands of it, and thus the 
effective strength of the rope might be most seriously reduced. 
