Long Tom

Long Tom may refer to:

  • the Long Tom River in Oregon
  • Long Tom Pass, a mountain pass in Mpumalanga, South Africa
  • Long Tom (rocket), an Australian sounding rocket
  • Long Tom, a chimney pot approximately 4 to 6 feet tall (1.2 to 1.8 m)
  • Long Tom is a generic name for some early cannon and field guns, including specifically:
    • 155 mm Long Tom, a U.S. World War II era field gun
    • 155 mm Creusot Long Tom, a Boer War field gun
    • 64 pounder Long Tom, a U.S. Civil War cannon
  • Major Thomas J. "Long Tom" Roberts, one of Doc Savage's five aides

Famous quotes containing the words long and/or tom:

    “The night in prison was novel and interesting enough.... I found that even here there was a history and a gossip which never circulated beyond the walls of the jail. Probably this is the only house in the town where verses are composed, which are afterward printed in a circular form, but not published. I was shown quite a long list of verses which were composed by some young men who had been detected in an attempt to escape, who avenged themselves by singing them.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Come dame or maid, be not afraid,
    Poor Tom will injure nothing.”
    —Unknown. Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song (l. 11–12)