spring balance

esp US spring scale

noun

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

Words nearby spring balance

spriggy, sprightful, sprightly, sprigtail, spring, spring balance, spring beauty, spring binder, spring break, spring cankerworm, spring catch

Example sentences from the Web for spring balance

The bottom of this spring-balance is secured on to the fire-box.

The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition) |Dionysius Lardner
However, it is actually almost a half, as you see by this spring-balance here.

Spacehounds of IPC |Edward Elmer Smith
The big lynx we could not weigh, being beyond the limit of the spring-balance.

Wild Spain (Espaa agreste) |Abel Chapman
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. Thurston

If a pound weight were put in a spring-balance, then at the surface of the earth it would weigh one pound.

Aether and Gravitation |William George Hooper

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spring balance

esp US spring scale

noun

Words nearby spring balance

Example sentences from the Web for spring balance