- Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
… The paper described a means of chemical carbonation by dripping vitriol (sulphuric acid) into powdered chalk (calcium carbonate) producing **CO2 gas**. This gas was then infused into agitated water, inducing a reaction and effervescence. == To…
…experimentation, Schweppe was able to simplify carbonation through the application of two common compounds – sodium bicarbonate and tartaric acid. == Back to Blighty == After his initial success in Switzerland, Schweppe moved his company to [[En… - Fire Extinguisher — 2021-08-09 21:05:28
…floors of a house fire in Edinburgh. It consisted of a copper vessel of 3 gallons (13.6 litres) of pearl ash (potassium carbonate) solution contained within compressed air. == Earlier == The first fire extinguisher, of a sort, was patented in 1723…
- Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
…e being added to wines of all sorts to make them sparkling. Using this process the wine imported from France could be ''carbonated'' and made palatable. {{ image url="Sparkling_wine.jpg" class="left" width="200" Putting the sparkle into wine}} == …
- Eraser — 2020-08-18 10:06:20
… Nairne produced the first [[rubber]] writing eraser, for an inventions competition. The invention was described by [[Carbonated_water| Joseph Priestley]] on April 15, 1770: "I have seen a substance excellently adapted to the purpose of wiping fro…
- Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03
…g up a factory in Belfast to produce the medicine commercially. By-products of the process included sodium, potassium bicarbonates and silicates, which when treated with sulphuric acid could be used as an artificial fertiliser. {{Image url="JamesMur…
- Oxygen — 2016-06-20 16:22:51
…]] == Oxygen == === Joseph Priestley 1774 === In [[Yorkshire]] August 1774 he isolated a new "air". {{redirect page="Carbonated water"}}…
- Soda water — 2016-02-02 11:50:30
…Soda water :: [[CategoryFood]]== Soda Water == {{redirect page="Carbonated water"}}…