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

To show the Action of Levers.—With a light but stiff wooden bar, a spring balance, and a wedge-shaped fulcrum, show: 1.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.

To the moving index, O, of the spring balance, a fine steel point is soldered, projecting horizontally outwards.

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille

"I guess it to be so; but we will soon see," replied Hardy, as he took a little spring balance out of his pocket, and held it up to her with the trout on it.

From A Danish Parsonage by Vicary, John Fulford

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

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