Through a lot of experiments and analysis, it was pointed out that the twist number of steel wire in torsion test decreased gradually with increasing axial tension load.

In some ironic twist of fate, King Edward II was executed in his sleep years after Bohun's death, landing him the number five spot on our list.

I must admit I cheated a little to get this image, and I changed both the Angle of the twist and the number of steps the effect was repeated.