Soda Water Invented In England in 1767
The oldest bottle of soda water in the world was one recovered from the wreck of the Royal George, which went down off Spithead in 1752. The bottle was later sold at auction for 25 i guineas. Soda water had been invented in'England in 17 67, but Thackeray evidently did not know this. The opening scenes of "Vanity Fair” were laid in 1815, almost half a century after soda water’s invention.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 12332, 22 April 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)
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78Soda Water Invented In England in 1767 Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 12332, 22 April 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)
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