spring scale

If a spring scale was taken to the Moon it would give a misleading reading.

Stand on a table with a spring scale hand.

You can test this with a spring scale pulling on a wood plank.

Using a spring scale, measure the amount of force different masses exert at a given point in space.

A sensitive spring scale could have measured those differences.

Using a spring scale, the sample is weighed first in air and then in water.

Spring scales are made with the assumption that they are being used on the surface of the Earth.

For example Robert claimed, that a spring scale with attached weights showed a lower weight at altitude as compared to the ground.

A balance measures gravitational mass; only the spring scale measures weight.

The diamond hung on a long thread, attached to a delicate spring scale with a large dial.

A spring scale measures force but not mass, a balance compares weight, both require a gravitational field to operate.

A spring scale was attached to the tow line to sense the force exerted by the bicyclist.

A spring scale measures weight by the distance a spring deflects under its load.

It is also the fundamental principle behind the spring scale, the manometer, and the balance wheel of the mechanical clock.

Inside a spring scale is a spring.

(This quirk of rotation also made spring scales illegal on Oberon.

The weight of an object, or of an amount of matter, is typically measured with an instrument such as a spring scale.

The needle on the generator output gauge began to climb rapidly and all eyes were transferred to the dial of the spring scale.

I glanced at a weight meter on the wall, a loaded spring scale marked to read in fractions of standard gee; it read 52%.

Several types of gravimeters exist for making these measurements, including some that are essentially refined versions of the spring scale described above.

But neither Gaby nor Cirocco had ever needed a spring scale in her travels, so they had not packed one.

OK, but consider this: suppose I am in the elevator and I have 2 small weights connected by a spring scale.

Spring scales measure force, which is the tension force of constraint acting on an object, opposing the force of gravity.

The constraint force can be tension in a spring scale measuring its weight in the fluid, and is how apparent weight is defined.

So to be highly accurate, and legal for commerce, spring scales must be re-calibrated at the location at which they will be used.