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In November, 1844, finding himself much retarded by the difficulties of obtaining materials from Birmingham, W. Greener moved his business to that town, and there began to make greater progress. An enlarged edition of his second book was published in 1846, and in 1845 the pamphlet “The Proof House, The Present Company the Bane of the Trade,” was the chief means of promoting the Gun Proof Act of 1855.