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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spring balance

One end of the board rested on a firm table, whilst the other end was supported by a spring balance hanging from a substantial tripod stand.

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

Q.--And are they always pressed down by a spring balance, and never by weights?

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.

Pressure is exerted on the lever by a spring balance, fixed at the forward end by a knife-blade bearing.

From The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 by John H. White

We may consider the matter in another way by supposing that the attraction of the earth is measured by one of those little weighing machines known as a spring balance.

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

The very slow oscillation of the spring balance became more marked, and Dr. A. B., watching the index, said that he saw it descend to 6½ lbs.

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