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Fizzy drinks, the Codd patent bottle and some experimental archaeology
When aerated mineral water drinks were first manufactured way back in the eighteenth century, they were stored in stoneware bottles. But the gas often escaped, the fizz disappeared and the drinks became flat. When glass bottles were used, a different … Continue reading
Posted in Material culture, Research, hmmm, South Australia
Tagged australia, Codd bottles, fizzy drinks, glass, Material culture
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