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

He employed a board, one end of which was attached to a spring balance, while the other end of the board rested upon a solid table.

From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Carrington, Hereward

But, weighed with a spring balance, the change would be at once evident, and the effort with which a weight could be raised would be reduced to one-thousandth part.

From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir

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

In the afternoon they took one of the pieces of stone, weighing, by a spring balance, twenty pounds, and with the flat plate and the crushing-hammer went to the stream.

From In the Heart of the Rockies by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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