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An example of metaphor used in popular science writing:
"So Taylor described methods for testing the purity of copper, and explained that another type of test should be used when dealing with chlorates to prevent the arsenic locked inside the copper from escaping."
Helen Barrell (2017) Fatal Evidence. Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor & the dawn of forensic science. Pen & Sword
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Many examples of science metaphors are listed in 'Creative comparisons: Making science familiar through language. An illustrative catalogue of figurative comparisons and analogies for science concepts'. Free Download.
