Soda syphon

The soda syphon, also known as the seltzer bottle or syphon seltzer bottle is a device for dispensing soda water.

As early as 1790, the concept of an "aerosol" was introduced in France with self-pressurized carbonated beverages,cite web|url=http://www.bullworks.net/cd-web/spark.htm|title=Cork Ejectors|author=Donald A. Bull|date=2001|accessdate=2006-09-13] but the modern syphon was created in 1829, when two Frenchmen patented a hollow corkscrew which could be inserted into a soda bottle and by use of a valve allowed a portion of the contents to be dispensed while maintaining the pressure on the inside of the bottle and hence preventing the remaining soda going flat.cite web|url=http://www.fohbc.com/images/seltzerbottles.pdf#search=%22soda%20syphon%20history%22|title=Seltzer Bottles|author=Bryan Grapentine|work=Bottles & Extras|date=1998-05|accessdate=2006-09-13]

Soda syphons were popular in the 1920s and 1930s but the rise of bottled carbonated beverages and the destruction of many of their manufacturers' plants in Eastern Europe during World War II led to a decline in their popularity in the years after the war.

Commercial production and delivery of pre-filled bottles of seltzer continued in the New York, USA region into the 1980s.

The seltzer bottle is an indispensable prop in classic physical comedy.

Made in Czechoslovakia

Many of the bottles were made in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s.

Notes

ee also

*Carbonated water
*Carbonation
*Sodastream
*Nangs