spring balance
esp US spring scale
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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The safety-valve is seen at the top of the dome, at Y, and the spring-balance by which the load is adjusted is shown at Z.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine | Robert H. ThurstonA quartz spiral spring-balance will be appreciably stronger in hot weather.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallTo Dr. Hooke must also be credited the invention of that delicate but efficient device, the hair-spring balance for watches.
Inventions in the Century | William Henry DoolittleHowever, it is actually almost a half, as you see by this spring-balance here.
Spacehounds of IPC | Edward Elmer SmithThe instrument referred to was a huge spring-balance with which it was proposed to weigh Flathootly.
The Goddess of Atvatabar | William R. Bradshaw
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