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[[Image:Seltzogene.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Late Victorian seltzogene made by British Syphon]] |
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The '''gasogene''' (or '''seltzogene''') is a late [[Victorian era|Victorian]] device for producing [[carbonated water]]. It consists of two linked glass globes: the lower contained water or other drink to be made sparkling, the upper a mixture of [[tartaric acid]] and [[sodium bicarbonate]] that reacts to produce [[carbon dioxide]]. The produced gas pushes the liquid in the lower container up a tube and out of the device. The globes are surrounded by a [[wicker]] or wire protective mesh, as they have a tendency to explode. |
The '''gasogene''' (or '''gazogene''' or '''seltzogene''') is a late [[Victorian era|Victorian]] device for producing [[carbonated water]]. It consists of two linked glass globes: the lower contained water or other drink to be made sparkling, the upper a mixture of [[tartaric acid]] and [[sodium bicarbonate]] that reacts to produce [[carbon dioxide]]. The produced gas pushes the liquid in the lower container up a tube and out of the device. The globes are surrounded by a [[wicker]] or wire protective mesh, as they have a tendency to explode.<ref> |
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The gasogene is mentioned as a residential fixture at [[221B Baker Street]] in [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s [[Sherlock Holmes]] story ''[[A Scandal in Bohemia]]'': "With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner." |
The gasogene is mentioned as a residential fixture at [[221B Baker Street]] in [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s [[Sherlock Holmes]] story ''[[A Scandal in Bohemia]]'': "With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner." The device plays a key role in [[George Bernard Shaw|Bernard Shaw]]'s 1905 comic play ''[[Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction|Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction, Or The Fatal Gazogene]]''.<ref>Shaw, pp. 1113–19</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Soda syphon]] |
*[[Soda syphon]] |
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*[[Sodastream]] |
*[[Sodastream]] |
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==Notes== |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* {{cite book | last=Shaw | first=Bernard | year=1934 | title=The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw | location=London | publisher=Odhams | oclc= 2606804}} |
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Revision as of 18:35, 30 May 2014
The gasogene (or gazogene or seltzogene) is a late Victorian device for producing carbonated water. It consists of two linked glass globes: the lower contained water or other drink to be made sparkling, the upper a mixture of tartaric acid and sodium bicarbonate that reacts to produce carbon dioxide. The produced gas pushes the liquid in the lower container up a tube and out of the device. The globes are surrounded by a wicker or wire protective mesh, as they have a tendency to explode.[1]
The gasogene is mentioned as a residential fixture at 221B Baker Street in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story A Scandal in Bohemia: "With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner." The device plays a key role in Bernard Shaw's 1905 comic play Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction, Or The Fatal Gazogene.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ Mixing it up: A Look at the Evolution of the Siphon-Bottle
- ^ Shaw, pp. 1113–19
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