biography
pronunciation:
[kavalee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1819–1879)
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| biography:
| Artillery general, born in Novara, N Piedmont, Italy. He invented the breech-loading gun and the rifled cannon named after him, and the ogival shell for use with it. He also made innovations in the pontoon bridges technique. |
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