spring balance

British  

noun

1. a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale

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spring balance

"I guess it to be so; but we will soon see," replied Hardy, as he took a little spring balance out of his pocket, and held it up to her with the trout on it.

From A Danish Parsonage by John Fulford Vicary

Q.--And are they always pressed down by a spring balance, and never by weights?

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.

To the moving index, O, of the spring balance, a fine steel point is soldered, projecting horizontally outwards.

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Camille Flammarion

But, weighed with a spring balance, the change would be at once evident, and the effort with which a weight could be raised would be reduced to one-thousandth part.

From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball

Mr. Perry performed the experiment by placing himself upon a spring balance and assuming the role of the girl, with two very strong men as adversaries.

From The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé by Harry Houdini