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Hy′dro-stat′ic Bal′ance.

A balance for weighing substances in water for the purpose of ascertaing their specific gravities.

When unloaded, the arms are equipoised. c, the body to be weighed, is suspended from the shorter arm. On the longer arm the movable weight indicates the weight of the object in air or water. A specificgravity balance. See areometer.

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