Talk:Spring scale

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QUOTE The spring scale can also be correctly called a Newton Metre, that is a metre for measuring newtons. UNQUOTE

NO! A metre is a unit of length. A Newton metre (Nm) is a unit of moment or torque. For a measuring device, you need a meter. Hence it should read:-

The spring scale can also be correctly called a Newton meter, that is a meter for measuring newtons.

88.110.205.207 (talk)Mark UK —Preceding comment was added at 13:40, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Go ahead and change it, then. When I rewrote it to disambiguate for the energy unit (as before they seemed to confuse N and Nm), I kept the British spelling for consistency. I didn't realize that a measuring tool was spelled differently than the unit of distance. SamuelRiv (talk) 14:58, 9 December 2007 (UTC)