English Explanatory Dictionary

Roberval balance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of weighing scale with two identical horizontal beams attached, one directly above the other, to a vertical column.

Word forms

Roberval balance Roberval balances Roberval's balance

Etymology

Presented to the French Academy of Sciences by the French mathematician Gilles Personne de Roberval in 1669.

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