After the total fresh weight of herbaceous biomass was determined directly in the field (portable electronic balance, range 0.1 to 1,000 g, precision 0.1 g), the samples were dried at 60 °C until constant weight to determine the dry weight of above-ground biomass; this mass (available at the start of the grazing season) is further referred to as 'herbage offer' (Allen et al. 2011).
It was a portable oven: balanced over the front wheel was a bright-red propane tank, which was attached by a pipe to a large aluminum can, carried in a makeshift cart between the two rear wheels.
The Son's East Village apartment -- with its bachelor's mess, its portable typewriter balanced on a table made of books, its bathtub in the kitchen -- is depicted almost as a Robert Rauschenberg collage, a jumble of junky possessions that make up a fragmented life.
Birth weights were measured (to the nearest 20 g) with sling and portable spring balances (CMS Weighing Equipment), and these were regularly checked with standard weights.
The sponge mass variation after the contact was measured on-site by a portable Entris 153-1s balance with 1 mg of readability (Sartorius srl, Italy).
Height and weight of the participants (wearing only light clothing and barefooted) were measured with the accuracy of ±0.1 cm and ±0.1 kg, respectively, by using a portable stadiometer and a balance beam scale (SECA measuring equipment).
Birthweight was measured to the nearest 0.1 kg within 2 days of birth by the area's Lady Health Worker using a portable 25 kg spring balance Salter Scale (Salter England, West Bromwich, UK).
We sat crosslegged on bare floorboards with coats for cushions in a strange new flat and watched in black and white on the portable telly, which was balanced on top of a tea chest.
At their hotel suite that afternoon, Bob sat down at the dining-room table with a towel around his shoulders, balanced a portable keyboard on his knees, and began to plunk out a bass line with two fingers.
Sony hopes to redress the balance with a portable photo printer small enough to carry in the camera bag.
