Categories: Comparisons
An historical example of simile in scientific writing:
"A loadstone loses some attractive power, and, as it were, pines away with age, if exposed too long to the open air instead of being laid in a case with filings or scales of iron."
William Gilbert
Gilbert, W. (1600/2016). On the Magnet, Magnetic Bodies, and the Great Magnet of the Earth. A new science, with many both arguments and experiment proofs. (V. Wilmont, Trans.).
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Tags: lodestones, magnetism
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