biography
| name: |
Very, Edward Wilson
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pronunciation:
[veeree]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1847–1910)
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| biography:
| US ordnance expert and inventor. He served in the US Navy (1867–85), became an admiral, and in 1877 invented chemical flares (Very lights) for signalling at night. |
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