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

But a spring balance, for instance, in which the tension of the coil is independent of attraction, would have readily given the exact equivalent of the loss.

From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth

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

He employed a board, one end of which was attached to a spring balance, while the other end of the board rested upon a solid table.

From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Hereward Carrington

In these experiments one end of the board was on a spring balance and the other rested on a table.

From Occultism and Common-Sense by Beckles Willson

At a certain distance, the attraction is of a certain definite amount, which might be determined by means of a spring balance.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall

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