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BALANCE JOLLY [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Instruments (Astronomy)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

Device, now largely obsolete, for determining the specific gravity (relative density) of solids and liquids.

OBS

Invented by the 19th-century German physicist Philipp von Jolly, it consists in its usual form of a long, delicate, helical spring suspended by one end in front of a graduated scale. To the lower end of the spring is attached a weight ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et instruments (Astronomie)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Balance à ressort, très sensible, employée surtout pour la détermination des poids spécifiques par la méthode de pesée dans l'eau et dans l'air.

Spanish

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