Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A box which counterbalances the load lifted by a balance-crane. It is usually a cast-iron box loaded with small weights or kentledge.
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Examples
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Leave the apparatus in the balance-box for a few minutes and weigh.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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A substance must always be cold when weighed, and large glass vessels should be allowed to stand in the balance-box a little while before being weighed.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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It looked like the balance-box of a patent hay-scales.
The Maine Woods 1858
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