Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . inute152 accuracy of fitting. Skilled artificers in the gim-trade command excellent wages; rarelj less , and often as much as £3 a week. In fitting and finishing, London is generallyadmitted to stand unequalled; Paris, however,making a good and near second. For barrels,Birmingham, St Etienne, and Li^ge have the mostrepute. In all respects, Toledo, once famed for itsblades, holds a high character in regard to itsguns, both for sporting and military pnqwses. Inthe United States, Windsor and Hartford are theleading manufactor
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . inute152 accuracy of fitting. Skilled artificers in the gim-trade command excellent wages; rarelj less , and often as much as £3 a week. In fitting and finishing, London is generallyadmitted to stand unequalled; Paris, however,making a good and near second. For barrels,Birmingham, St Etienne, and Li^ge have the mostrepute. In all respects, Toledo, once famed for itsblades, holds a high character in regard to itsguns, both for sporting and military pnqwses. Inthe United States, Windsor and Hartford are theleading manufactories, with Harpers Ferry forgovernment arms; but the quality of Americanworkmanship is too often sacrificed to cheapnessin the article turned out. The British export tradein small-arms is very great, the return for thevear 1860, when peace reigned in America, shewing260,921 stand of a declared value of £333,283. GLX^fEL (Gunnellus, or Murcenoides), a genusof fishes of the Blenny (q. v.) family, of more elon-gated form than the true blennies. The species are. Gunnel or Eutterfish [Chinrullus vulgaris). pretty numerous, but only one is British, the CoM-Mox or Spotted G. or Bctterfish (G. vulgaris),often to be found in tide-pools on the sea-shore;seldom more than six or seven inches long; of adeep olive colour, with a row of dark spots on theback, remarkable for the quantitj and thickness ofthe mucous secretion with which it is covered. Itis seldom used in Britain except for bait. GUXXER, in the British army, is the privatesoldier of the corps of artillery ; he receives \s. ^\ diem, besides a penny a day for beer : his imi-form is blue with red facings, and red stripes on thetrousers; and his arms consist of a carbine andsword-bayon et. At the present time, when artiUerj^ is used withthe iitmost skill and science, the training a giuinermust luidergo, to become thoroughly efficient, is longand arduous. His eye must be suflSciently acuteto estimate distances instantly and pro
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