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Meanings of spring balance in English

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A balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring.

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        Usage of spring balance in English
        1
        Curious to see whether fact would bear out theory, I had myself weighed with a spring balance.
        Edison's Conquest of Mars
        2
        Portland and I assisted at the capture, and the fish dragged the spring balance out by the roots.
        American Notes
        3
        Further, let the spring balance be at the free end of the cord toward which the pulley runs.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883
        4
        No further doubt could exist, and then Manuel, taking a spring balance (weighing up to 50 lbs.)
        A Memory of the Southern Seas / 1904
        5
        A fine Salter's spring balance was hung up, and a bale suspended to the hook; the finger indicated 105 lbs.
        How I Found Livingstone / Travels, adventures, and discoveres in...
        6
        As each cow is milked, the milker hangs the pail on a spring balance and registers the exact weight on a blackboard.
        The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm
        7
        The pointer on the spring balance shows that the force required to balance the 4-pound load is but 2 pounds.
        General Science
        8
        Before taking his place in the operator's seat Tom started the motor, and by means of a spring balance tested the thrust of the propellers.
        Tom Swift and His Sky Racer; Or, The Quickest Flight on Record
        9
        A spring balance, fitted with a hook, held the article to be weighed; a pointer, revolving on a disc, indicated the weight of the article.
        Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space
        10
        Spring balance produced; trout weighed at 2 lb.
        Lines in Pleasant Places: Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
        11
        (Principle of the spring balance.)
        Man or Matter / Introduction to a Spiritual Understanding of Nat...
        Translations for spring balance
        Portuguese
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