Posted by Adam Quinan on February 07, 2008 at 23:44:09 from 99.226.247.88 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: Methylated Spirits in BS posted by Jock on February 06, 2008 at 22:24:27:
In other words when Ransome wrote "thermos", it was a brand name in England though as I pointed out earlier, in British English brand names are often appropriated as generic names for items.