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English: Drawing of a cross-section of the “Columbiad,” heavy gun invented by Colonel Bomford and combining some of the features of the gun, howitzer, and mortar, answering in this respect to the modern breach-loading rifled mortar or howitzer.
Date published 1905
Source “Columbiad,” The New International Encyclopædia, v. 5, 1905, p. 183.
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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current19:56, 24 July 2017Thumbnail for version as of 19:56, 24 July 2017795 × 266 (28 KB)Bob Burkhardt{{Information |Description ={{en|1=Drawing of a cross-section of the “Columbiad,” heavy gun invented by Colonel Bomford and combining some of the features of the gun, howitzer, and mortar, answering in this respect to the modern breach-loading r...