Abstract: A force balance servo accelerometer including a D'Arsonval type mechanism for rebalancing, between a pair of sensing coils, a seismic mass moved by acceleration is disclosed. The D'Arsonval type mechanism comprises a pair of suspension beams mounted in parallel planes in a liquid filled cylindrical housing. A pair of axially aligned taut wires support a torque coil between the suspension beams. The coil surrounds a permanent magnet fixedly mounted in the housing. An arm extending outwardly from the coil, transverse to the axis of the taut wires, supports the seismic mass between the sensing coils, which are mounted in the housing. The sensing coils form two arms of a bridge circuit energized by an oscillator connected across one pair of opposing terminals of the bridge. The signal developed across the other pair of opposing terminals is applied to a differential amplifier. The resultant difference signal is sine wave multiplied with the output of the oscillator in a quadrature detector.