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- A balance is an apparatus for weighing or
- measuring mass. The various types include the
- beam balance consisting of a centrally
- pivoted lever with pans hanging from each
- end, and the spring balance, in which the
- object to be weighed stretches
- (or compresses) a vertical coil spring fitted
- with a pointer that indicates the weight on a
- scale. Kitchen and bathroom scales are
- modern balances.
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- Subject by: Nathan Ludkin
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