| 1. | The force is measured as a weight change, using a torsion balance.
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| 2. | In the early 1900s gravitational torsion balances were used in petroleum prospecting.
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| 3. | In 1915 the company was bought by the Torsion Balance Company.
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| 4. | I can weigh the earth using a Cavendish torsion balance.
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| 5. | Today torsion balances are still used in physics experiments.
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| 6. | In Coulomb's experiment, the torsion balance was an instrument.
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| 7. | A Cavendish torsion balance is an early high-tech experiment.
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| 8. | To do this, the UW scientists are using what's known as a torsion balance experiment.
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| 9. | The torsion balance consists of a bar suspended from its middle by a thin fiber.
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| 10. | Christian's two sons, Christopher and Frank continued to be associated with the Torsion Balance Company.
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