A columbiad is a type of gun from the 19th century, a large-caliber muzzle-loading cannon capable of firing at low and high angles
Columbiad may also refer to: Arts and entertainment The Columbiad, an epic poem about the founding of the United States of America Columbiad, the fictional astronaut-launching space gun created by Jules Verne for From the Earth to the Moon Columbiad (ballet), a ballet that debuted in 1939 "Columbiad" (short story), a 1996 science fiction story by Stephen Baxter, republished in 1997 in Year's Best SF 2 multi-author anthology collection, and in 1998 in Stephen Baxter's anthology collection Traces (book)
Other uses Columbiad (spacecraft), the informal name of the Apollo 8 space capsule Columbiad (journal), A Quarterly Review of the War Between the States [1997 to 2000 - 13 issues]
See also
Columbia (disambiguation) Columbian (disambiguation) Columbiana (disambiguation) Columbine (disambiguation) Columbina (disambiguation) Colombia (disambiguation) Colombian (disambiguation) Colombiana (disambiguation) Colombine (disambiguation) Colombina (disambiguation)