spring-balance

Portland and I assisted at the capture, and the fish dragged the spring-balance out by the roots.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester

A quartz spiral spring-balance will be appreciably stronger in hot weather.

On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall

Dry your reels thoroughly, and put in a little oil wherever you think they would be the better of it; and this should be done to any other article -- spring-balance, gaff,

Scotch Loch-Fishing William Senior

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

However, it is actually almost a half, as you see by this spring-balance here.

Spacehounds of IPC 1927

When within one thousand feet of the surface, Seaton weighed a five-pound weight upon a spring-balance, finding that it weighed five and a half pounds, thus ascertaining that the planet was either somewhat larger than the Earth or more dense.

The Skylark of Space Lee Hawkins Garby 1922

“Upon a steelyard, or spring-balance, dependent upon mere tension or flexibility, the attraction will have no influence.

Off on a Comet 2003

"Upon a steelyard, or spring-balance, dependent upon mere tension or flexibility, the attraction will have no influence.

Off on a Comet 1877

"Upon a steelyard, or spring-balance, dependent upon mere tension or flexibility, the attraction will have no influence.

Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space Jules Verne 1866