# Roberval balance

> English word · Noun

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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