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

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 Roth, Edward

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

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

J. Müller has determined the coefficient by towing a skater holding on by a spring balance.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John

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

From American Notes by Kipling, Rudyard