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Columbiad
Columbiad Co*lum"bi*ad, n. [From Columbia the United States.] (Mil.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation. Note: Since the War of 1812 the Columbiad has been much modified, especially by General Rodman, and the improved form now used in seacoast defense is often called the Rodman gun.

Meaning of Columbiads from wikipedia

- 1811, columbiads were used in United States seacoast defense from the War of 1812 until the early years of the 20th century. Very few columbiads were used...
- The Rodman gun is any of a series of American Civil War–era columbiads designed by Union artilleryman Thomas Jackson Rodman (1815–1871). The guns were...
- The Columbiad (1807) is a philosophical epic poem by the American diplomat and man of letters Joel Barlow. It grew out of Barlow's earlier poem The Vision...
- sharpshooters. The Confederates mounted four 10-inch (250 mm) columbiads, one 8-inch (200 mm) columbiad rifled, and two rifled 42-pounders, in the left face,...
- Look up Columbiad or columbiad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A columbiad is a type of gun from the 19th century, a large-caliber muzzle-loading cannon...
- Trotter, Ironclads and columbiads, p. 141. ORA I, v. 9, pp. 272, 281, 295. ORA I, v. 9, p. 294. Trotter, Ironclads and columbiads, pp. 133–134. Trotter...
- Columbiad is a solo modern dance c****ographed by Martha Graham to music by Louis Horst. Edythe Gilfond designed the costume; Philip Stapp created the...
- Two ten-inch Columbiads at the South Battery guard Charleston Harbor (1863)...
- sharpshooters. The Confederates mounted four 10-inch (250 mm) columbiads, one 8-inch (200 mm) columbiad rifled, and two rifled 42-pounders, in the left face,...
- 6. Trotter, Ironclads and columbiads, p. 17. Trotter Ironclads and Columbiads, p. 105. Trotter, Ironclads and Columbiads, p. 106. ORA I, v. 9, p. 234...