Eliphalet Williams Bliss | |
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Born | Eliphalet Williams Bliss April 12, 1836[1] |
Died | July 21, 1903[1] | (aged 67)
Nationality | American |
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Spouse | Annie Elizabeth Metcalf Bliss[1] |
Children | Eva Metcalf Bliss Lane[1] |
Parent(s) | John Stebbins Bliss and Ruby Ann Williams Bliss[1] |
Eliphalet Williams Bliss (April 12, 1836 – July 21, 1903) was an American manufacturer[2] and inventor[1] who established the E. W. Bliss Company of Brooklyn, New York. His company supplied the US Navy with Whitehead and Bliss-Leavitt torpedoes, as well as projectiles for its naval guns during the Spanish–American War (in 1898), World War I (of 1914–1918) and World War II (of 1939–1945).