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

If in place of one of the weights we use a spring balance, as in Figs.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various

Further, let the spring balance be at the free end of the cord toward which the pulley runs.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various

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 John Williams Streeter

Mh and M can be measured by a spring balance holding up in a horizontal position the axis OC in fig.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

Portland and I assisted at the capture, and the fish dragged the spring balance out by the roots.

From American Notes by Rudyard Kipling