1) Ballet by Martha Graham 2) Coastal artillery
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The Columbiad was a large caliber, smoothbore, muzzle loading cannon able to fire heavy projectiles at both high and low trajectories. This feature enabled the columbiad to fire solid shot or shell to long ranges, making it an excellent seacoast defense weapon for its day. Invented by Colonel George Bomford, United States Army, in 1811, columbiads...
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• (n.) 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.
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any of certain epics recounting the European settlement and growth of the United States. It may have been derived from La Colombiade, ou la foi ...
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Jules Verne's Moon gun, as described in his 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon. It consisted of a cannon 274 meters long with a bore of 2.74 meters cast in a vertical well in Florida. The first 61 m of the barrel was filled with 122 tons of guncotton which, when ignited, was supposed to propel an...
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Co·lum'bi·ad noun [ 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. » Since the War of 1812 the
Columbiad has been much modified, especia...
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