Bramah

Clement was placed in charge of the tools of the shop, and he showed himself so apt at introducing improvements in them, as well as in organizing the work with a view to despatch and economy, that at the end of the term Bramah made him a handsome present, adding, "if I had secured your services five years since, I would now have been a richer man by many thousands of pounds."

Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863

Clement was placed in charge of the tools of the shop, and he showed himself so apt at introducing improvements in them, as well as in organizing the work with a view to despatch and economy, that at the end of the term Bramah made him a handsome present, adding, "if I had secured your services five years since, I would now have been a richer man by many thousands of pounds."

Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Samuel Smiles 1858

In 1778, he took out a patent for a water closet with two valves which was considered to be the best on the market for nearly a hundred years, and the word Bramah came to be associated with anything of first-rate quality.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3 1983

A purpose having arisen for new inventions, the ancient principles of the lathe, the hammer, and the plane were developed by workmen such as Bramah, Maudslay, Clements, Roberts, Whitworth, Nasmyth, and Wilson.

The Coal Question~ Of British Invention William Stanley Jevons 1865

I have noticed its inexpressive countenance to be deeply marked by a kind of Bramah erysipelas or smallpox.

The Uncommercial Traveller 1861

He has now to try his skill on the "Bramah" lock under the challenge for

Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Horace Greeley 1841

Just as I had drawn in my chair, fitted a new "Bramah" on the stick, and was preparing to feague it away, I had a call from the son of an old friend, Mr. Waldie of Henderland.

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801

Last September, Bramah hosted a successful exhibition at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Hong Kong.

The New Global City Candace Jackson 2011

Bramah, etc. People then wrote all they liked with impunity.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Comforting himself with this reflection, Mr. Lowten extracted the plug from the door – key; having opened the door, replugged and repocketed his Bramah, and picked up the letters which the postman had dropped through the box, he ushered Mr. Pickwick into the office.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 2007