Definition of Lever scale

1. Noun. A portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length.

Exact synonyms: Beam Scale, Steelyard
Generic synonyms: Balance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lever Scale

leveller
levellers
levelless
levelling
levelling up
levelly
levelness
levelnesses
levels
levels up
lever
lever action
lever arm
lever hang
lever lock
lever scale (current term)
lever tumbler
leverage
leverageable
leveraged
leveraged buy-out
leveraged buyout
leverages
leveraging
levered
levered firm
levered firms
leveret
leverets
levering

Literary usage of Lever scale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Testing Materials: For the Constructor. Part I. Methods by Adolf Martens (1899)
"Lever-scale with loose weights. 507. The lever-scale with 1 o ose w ei ghts, and scale-pan in simplest form is found in but few machines, eg the Werder ..."

2. Handbook of Testing Materials: For the Constructor. Part I. Methods by Adolf Martens (1899)
"Lever-scale with loose weights. 507. The lever-scale with loose weights, and scale-pan in simplest form is found in but few machines, ..."

3. Handbook of Testing Materials. For the Constructor. Part I. Methods by Adolf Martens (1899)
"... materials themselves possess a considerably greater degree of variability (L 102, 128}. 4. Lever-scale with loose weights. 507. The lever-scale with 1 ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"The slides are set so as to point out on the lever scale the coefficients of the terms of an observational equation. The lever is then said to be set for ..."

5. The Mechanics' Magazine (1853)
"... and the weight is indicated on a graduated lever scale-beam, or a graduated index placed along the side of the machine, by means of a sliding ball. ..."

6. A Manual of Experiments in Physics, Laboratory Instruction for College Classes by Joseph Sweetman Ames, William Julian Albert Bliss (1898)
"Expansion of metal-rod apparatus," consisting of a rod supported in a cylinder with steam connections, lever, scale, etc.; kerosene - oil can, ..."

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