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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Example Sentences

The largest trout he caught was over three pounds, and seventeen weighed nineteen pounds, by Hardy's English spring balance.

From A Danish Parsonage by Vicary, John Fulford

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 Willson, Beckles

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 Tyndall, John

The apparatus is very simple in principle, consisting of but five pieces of wood, an ordinary spring balance registering up to 40 lbs., and a couple of handles.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald

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 Houdini, Harry