Do we say ton or tonne

ton 881 occurrences

We reckon that it takes a ton of lead to kill a man.

" "A ton of lead?"

General Butler found at New Orleans proof of its exhaustion in the prices of food,with corn, for instance, at three dollars per bushel, flour twenty to thirty dollars per barrel, and hay at one hundred dollars per ton.

The recipe for these is different from the gallon of gore and the ton of thunder which make up the other sort.

" "The next time we come this way let us fetch along a ton or so of coyote feed," suggested the Major.

ed. Bekker) reports this brutal gibe of Nero's; Rubellius Plautus was the luckless victim:[Greek: "ho de dae Neron kai gelota kai skommata, ta ton syngenon kaka hepoieito ton goun Plauton apokteinas, hepeita taen kephalaen autou prosenechtheisan

ed. Bekker) reports this brutal gibe of Nero's; Rubellius Plautus was the luckless victim:[Greek: "ho de dae Neron kai gelota kai skommata, ta ton syngenon kaka hepoieito ton goun Plauton apokteinas, hepeita taen kephalaen autou prosenechtheisan

" The author may have had in his mind a passage in Dion Cassius' description of the fire:[Greek: thorybos te oun exaisios pantachou pantas katelambanen, kai dietrichon ohi men tae ohi de tae hosper emplaektoi, kai allois tines epamynontes epynthanonto ta oikoi kaiomena kai heteroi prin kai akousai hoti ton spheteron ti empepraestai, emanthanon, hoti apololen.

At one spot lay a huddle of white-walled houses, a mere splotch in the distance; while four tiny cock-boats, which lay beyond, marked the position of three of Her Majesty's 10,000-ton troopers and the admiral's flagship.

He threw a ton's weight of resolve upon his muscles, and drew back the door.

Must weigh a ton and a half!"

With that, Wil-lie en-ter-ed, and soon found that he had plen-ty to do; for his first job was to get the o-gress's din-ner ready, who, in truth, had no de-li-cate ap-pe-tite, for the pro-vi-si-on con-sist-ed of fish, fowl, beef, soup, mut-ton, and ham-pers of ve-ge-ta-bles.

No doubt the quotation may have been made from a lost Gospel, but here again [Greek: eis aphanes ton muthon anenenkas ouk echei elenchon] there is no verifying that about which we know nothing.

But, apart from the easy and obvious solution which is accepted by Ritschl, following Hefele and others, [Endnote 83:1] that the sentence is extant only in the Latin translation and that the phrase 'qui cum eo sunt' is merely a paraphrase for [Greek: ton met' autou]; apart from this, even supposing the objection were valid, it would prove nothing against the genuineness of the Epistle.

hyper basileon kai panton ton en hyperochae onton]).

[men] elthon proton apokathistanei panta, kai pos gegraptai epi ton uion tou anthropou, hina polla pathae kai exoudenaethae.

xi. 27 is given in a form very similar to that of Justin, [Greek: oudeis hegno ton patera ei mae ho uhios, kai (oude Justin) ton uhion, ei mae ho pataer kai ho (ois] Justin)

The duty of a locomotive engine is expressed by the weight of coke it consumes in transporting a ton through the distance of one mile upon a railway; but this is a very imperfect method of representing the duty, as the tractive efficacy of a pound of coke becomes less as the speed of the locomotive becomes greater; and the law of variation is not accurately known.

When the locomotive is worked expansively, however, there is of course a less consumption of water and fuel per horse power, or per ton per mile, than when the full pressure is used throughout the stroke; and most locomotives now operate with as much expansion as can be conveniently given by the slide valves. 230.

per ton; which resistance includes the resistance of the engine as well as that of the train.

Ready in fashion to lead the ton, In the battle-field his men, He danced like a Zephyr, and, harness on, Could walk his mile in ten.

Our real American novels may be counted on our fingers, while the tales that claim the name may be weighed by the ton.

Germanou Polyzoidou syntomos historia tes Byzantines kai neoteras Hellados; neon historikon anagnostikon dia tous mathetas tes d', e' kai st' taxeos ton Hellenikon scholeion tes Amerikes.

Behind me, Cato struck flint and lighted two tall candles; outside the lawn, near the stockade, a stable-lad set a conch-horn to his lips, blowing a deep, melodious cattle-call, and far away I heard them comingtin, ton!

There are shoe factories at Street and Paul ton.

tonne 12 occurrences

Une tonne; 1,000 kilos.

(Coal is sold by the tonne; grain and hay by the quintal.

The multiples would be the meg-erg, the tonne-meter (t-m), etc.

By Herbert A. Tonne.

Herbert A. Tonne (A); 13Jun75; R607947.

By Herbert A. Tonne, Estelle L. Popham & M. Herbert Freeman.

Herbert A. Tonne, Estelle L. Popham & M. Herbert Freeman (A); 20May77; R662649. R662650.

By Herbert A. Tonne.

Herbert A. Tonne (A); 13Jun75; R607947.

By Herbert A. Tonne, Estelle L. Popham & M. Herbert Freeman.

Herbert A. Tonne, Estelle L. Popham & M. Herbert Freeman (A); 20May77; R662649. R662650.

Contente ton desir puis qu'il t'est glorieux; Offense toy des pleurs qui coulent de mes yeux; Tonne, frappe, il est temps, rens moi guerre pour guerre.

Do we say   ton   or  tonne