Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A very accurate balance used by assayers.
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From his notes and equations Seaton calculated the weight of copper necessary to exert the explosive force of one pound of nitro-glycerin, and weighed out, on the most delicate assay-balance made, various fractions and multiples of this amount of the treated copper, while Crane fitted up the bullets of automatic-pistol cartridges to receive the charges and to explode them on impact.
The Skylark of Space Lee Hawkins Garby 1922
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