Edward Wilson Very (1847–1910) was an American naval officer who developed and popularized a single-shot breech-loading snub-nosed flare gun that fired flares that bear his name (Very Lights).[1] Records indicate that Edward W. Very served very briefly as a midshipman on the USS Agawam in 1864[2] and on the USS Constitution in 1878.[3]
In 1881 Very served on the Naval Advisory Board.[4]
Publications[]
- Lieut. Edward W. Very, U.S.N. (1880) Navies of the world, Published 1880 by J. Wiley & Sons in New York.[5]
- Edward W Very, The Hotchkiss revolving cannon
References[]
- ↑ http://oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_us1303992
- ↑ http://www.tfoenander.com/roster.html
- ↑ http://www.polkcounty.org/timonier/shiplogs/log32.html
- ↑ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yjolQiRdxk8C&pg=PA366&lpg=PA366&dq=%22Edward+W.Very%22&source=bl&ots=drwoqAVWmK&sig=Orps96SVXVukZhKxJIg_iXWP3Oo&hl=en&ei=8S5NTeL_AtK5hAfVjqSoDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=%22Edward%20W.Very%22&f=false
- ↑ http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7163049M/Navies_of_the_world
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