English Explanatory Dictionary

Jolly balance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument for determining specific gravity by comparing how much an object stretches a spring when held in a pan hanging in the air to how much that same object stretches a spring when held in a pan underwater.

Word forms

Jolly balance Jolly balances

Etymology

Invented by the German physicist Philipp von Jolly in 1864.

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