Edward Wilson Very

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). Records indicate that Edward W. Very served very briefly as a midshipman on the USS Agawam (1863) in 1864 and on the USS Constitution in 1878.

In 1881 Very served on the Naval Advisory Board.

Publications

 * Lieut. Edward W. Very, U.S.N. (1880) Navies of the world, Published 1880 by J. Wiley & Sons in New York.
 * Edward W Very, The Hotchkiss revolving cannon