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 Vicary, John Fulford

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 Flammarion, Camille

As each cow is milked, the milker hangs the pail on a spring balance and registers the exact weight on a blackboard.

From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by Streeter, John Williams

Fasten a metal roller to a spring balance and observe its weight.

From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.

In the processes of riveting and wire-drawing, the material is purposely strained beyond the elastic limit, whilst the correct working of a spring balance requires that the spring should never be overstrained.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various