Talk:Joseph Bramah

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I think there is a fault on this page. It says he died in 2007 - december 2007 - that doesn't sound right! I think he must have died in 1814 - or maybe I mis interpreted the page and it was edited in 2007 but he did infact die in december - I don't know... (I am talking about Joseph Bramah - inventor)

GentleSusan 14:56, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

In popular culture
ESP0704 (talk) 03:03, 22 January 2009 (UTC)Bramah's name comes up on page 533 of Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. In the book, a mentor of one of the main characters tells a story about Houdini trying to crack a Bramah lock nested within a second Bramah lock.

Houdini's efforts are unsuccessful until his wife convinces the event sponsor to allow her to smuggle a key to the escape artist, leading into the moral: "Only love could pick a nested pair of Bramah locks."

Died where?
Info box gives Pimlico, London as place of death whereas text states that he died in Holt forest, Hampshire - a quantum duality worthy of Houdini. Chrysippo (talk) 11:22, 12 June 2010 (UTC)


 * What can be said, dude was just that talented. (JK :-) We'll have to look into this. Or we could just list bilocation in the infobox known_for attribute. Problem solved! — ¾-10 15:39, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

What? bilocations? Means nothing to me, a casual wikipedia user. Was it pimlico or Holt? Can only be one. Quantum mumbo jumbo wasn't invented till after this so he can't have been dead or alive or a cat in two places at once. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.144.191.248 (talk) 11:44, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

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